We Enjoy Freedom Now January’s been and gone, much to our huge reliefAnd taken Klaus Schwab with it, or at least that’s our beliefHis...
We Live in Interesting Times Christmas is now history and we have today commuted into 2023 with some degree of trepidation – that’s to...
The Squeaky Wheel Syndrome Many years ago, as I returned to Zurich Airport from my former home in Ibiza, I wheeled my one-year-old son...
Munching on Monotony Before lightbulbs and lavatories were invented, only the aristocracy were privileged enough to munch like monarchs without generating their food themselves....
God Save the Queen – Long Live the King An air of disbelief reigned over the world on 8. September 2022, as we digested...
Adoption: Nature or Nurture During a visit to a colleague of mine, I spied a woeful-looking plant banished to the corner of the room...
Taco: My Treasured and Faithful Friend In October 2007, we were staying on the Costa del Sol, Spain, and drifted into the large Shopping...
The Befuddling Realm of Politics Once upon a time in the Kingdom of the ‘United’, there were some astonishingly good Prime Ministers, but you...
The Unmade Bed Within spitting distance of my bedroom window, there stands probably the scrawniest pine tree in the entire country. Intending to be...