Monthly Archives: November 2023

Is this what QandA has become? Had to turn it off tonight as I couldn’t stand the shallowness and superficiality. Comments Doug Jacquier Yes, it has. It has become the woke Olympics. Robin Tourville It makes me sad the term … Continue reading →

There is a bird in our garden whose call is three, quick, short, high-pitched tweets. It sounds exactly like the warning beeps from our fridge when you leave the door open. During the Spring mating season I am forever checking … Continue reading →

On this day sixty years ago in my childhood home in Birmingham, I watched the very first live broadcast of Doctor Who, Episode 1, “An Unearthly Child” with William Hartnell as the tetchy First Doctor. There was some concern that … Continue reading →

On this day, sixty years ago, late on a Friday night in downtown Birmingham, England, my dad and I were coming out of the AGM of our fishing club. Stepping out into the normally bustling Friday night city streets, we … Continue reading →