It's not quite how we were planning to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis (& others) in Europe.  But what the heck, celebrate we will! Here and elsewhere.


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I mentioned Captain Tom Moore and his fund-raising pre-100th-birthday exploits last week.  To date he has raised £30,000,000 for NHS Charities Together.  (His Just Giving page is open til midnight tonight.  People can still donate to the NHS Charities Together urgent appeal site ( Read more... )

You might have heard of one man who decided that, in the face of the Corona virus pandemic, he was going to raise a bit of money for the NHS ( Read more... )

The Kefir, first batch, 'brewed' on top of the microwave, was pleasant.  Actually tasted a lot like milk.  H reckons it wasn't fermented enough.  Today's batch is sat atop the fridge, which, being warmer, might aid fermentation ( Read more... )

I expect you've already heard this one, Dear Reader, or read about it, but . . .  Thursday morning a old man living in a care home in Hove got up, washed, shaved, dressed, breakfasted, put on his blue blazer, pinned on his medals, put on a coat overall, possibly folded a beret into one of the coat pockets, picked up his passport and set out on his ( Read more... )

Treating Women as People

Sometimes it's malice, sometimes it's ignorance, sometimes it's poverty.  After all, if you & your family are starving, & someone offers to pay you for the 'use' of your daughter . . .  Sometimes it's a good source of income.  Like I said - an effect of poverty - which doesn't excuse it at all.   More here.

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