At Least Something Is Getting Better
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Eleven years ago, I posted a blog venting my displeasure with the England
football team of the time, and I haven’t watched another match until last
week....
Promises will be broken
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Abnormally low temperatures and high winds are not a good recipe for
horticultural work. Thats the prognosis for the next few days. So I have
moved many ...
Closer to home UPDATED
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Saturday I was very relieved because our daughter arrived home. She had
been on a language study trip for a week. In Italy. Naturally I have been
watchi...
AN INNOCENT ABROAD
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*Mont Orgeuil CastleClick on any image for a larger version*
I am very proud of that photo of Mont Orgeuil which I took in Jersey (CI)
in 1961. It's not...
All At Sea
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Fire crew and lifeboat crew are two vocations only suitable for genuine
heroes and heroines, and fully deserve immense respect from everybody.
However, the...
Just Ask The Damn Question
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THE BBC AND JIMMY SAVILE:
COULD IT HAPPEN AGAIN?
Yes – Because it’s Happening Now.
“Everybody would say, ‘what evidence have you got?’ I would say, ‘we...
Disgusted by Police Cruel Dog Killing
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How would you react had it been your beloved pet that they had so callously
run down & murdered? Just what sort of example is this to give to our
children ...
Southpaw (2015)
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Free Southpaw in High Definition FormatNow you can download full Southpaw
in best quality with duration 123 Min and was published in 2015-07-24 and
MPAA r...
Beauty and the Beast
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This is a piece that I wrote for the Jersey Evening Post series entitled
"Beauty and the Beast". We were asked to describe two buildings in Jersey -
one b...
Coastal Walk to Corbiere - Gorse Dodder
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Gorse Dodder
*Gorse Dodder (Cuscata epithymum) *
A tangled mass of slender, reddy-coloured threads draped over gorse or
heathers; tiny, pale...
10,000 comments
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Last night the 10,000th comment was posted on this blog. Appropriately
enough, it was the question which asked what exactly Mr Kevin Delaney has
done to ke...
Letter to St Helier ratepayers
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Dear Ratepayer
The annual sending out of Rates Assessment notices, which are not a request
for payment but notification of how your rates bill will be calcu...
50 - Final Blog of the Series
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Hindsight is a wonderful thing and when I reflect back to the start of this
awful mess I fully realise that the timing for this event could not have
been w...
The Politics Hour - Is That All We Get???
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I have been away from this “project” for a long time – firstly due to work
commitments, then due to a quasi-despair at the poor level of the debate
amongst...
Nearly 5 years later.....
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Still the case is ongoing..... An offer has been made by the defendants
which has been 'on the table' for quite some period of time for the sum of
£1500. H...
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An award – for an outstanding contribution to the accountancy profession
Accounting, Richard Murphy, Uncategorized Add comments
Oct042012
When I mentione...
Jersey election statistics 2011
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On 19 October Jersey will go to the polls to vote for Constables, Deputies
and Senators on the same day for the first time. There are 82 candidates up
for ...
Coffee - Good or Bad - The age old debate!
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So the other day I was working with a friend in the University Library when
we were disrupted by an irate Librarian as she punished someone for
drinking co...
Hell Bent...and Hell Deserving
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Those who are not privileged to call themselves Old Victorians can only
imagine the pride and sense of entitlement that is imparted on donning the
blazer o...
Realtor.com Reports Active Inventory Up 25.9% YoY
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*What this means:* On a weekly basis, Realtor.com reports the
year-over-year change in active inventory and new listings. On a monthly
basis, they report t...
I lift my eyes up
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The hills in my back yard, a few weeks ago. They were still colorful then.
"I lift my eyes up to the mountains. From whence comes my help?" (Ps. 121)
I am ...
On (W)holiday
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As I mentioned the other day, I'm off on holiday again. I'll be back on
Monday 25th when I should have a report on the above event which I'm
attending w...
The climate case of the century
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by Lucas Bergkamp On the 12th of November, the Hague Court of Appeal ruled
in the “climate case of the century” that Milieudefensie (“FoE”) filed
against S...
Mega City Book Club 278: The Sarge
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Garth Ennis returns to discuss two volumes of The Sarge from the pages of
Battle by Gerry Finley-Day and Mike Western. We also discuss the current
run of...
A Reflection on Safeguarding
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Every Autumn, thousands of churches across the UK, from diverse backgrounds
and traditions, observe Safeguarding Sunday, to raise awareness of the
importan...
Queen of all the insect race
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Then thy starry gems & gold
Admiration would unfold
For what insect is't can vie
With the lovley Butterflye
Lo! the arching heav'nly bow
Does all his dyes ...
Thrilling Romance of Orthodoxy
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"THIS is the thrilling romance of Orthodoxy. People have fallen into a
foolish habit of speaking of orthodoxy as something heavy, humdrum, and
safe. Th...
Saying Goodbye - Madge
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It's been a while since I last posted anything on here - so hello again to
everyone who stumbles upon this blog!
A lot has happened. My son arrived, six ye...
Doctor Who: Arachnids in the UK
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In a recent interview, Mandip Gill (the actress who plays Yaz on Doctor
Who) was asked: “If you could go anywhere in the TARDIS, where would you
go?” Her a...
Dreame on
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The Ucheldre Centre have just sent me the leaflet with details of Ben's
Dreame fortnight - an Elizabethan-style adaptation of A Midsummer Night's
Dream - i...
Revolution, Evolution or Good Disagreement?
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This post is prompted by a number of things that have left me pondering how
as Christians we are to bring about change in our churches. When we
strongly b...
In Our Time: The Borgias
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It seems from the three scholars sat around studio 50E that there is no
proof of incest, either between father and daughter or between brother and
sister; ...
Data Protection Stupity
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I normally desperately try to avoid any contact with any call centre unless
I really have to and today's experiences remind me why.
Having just moved to ne...
Order of Beetroot,Onions and Turnips
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I am please to announce the Order of Beetroot,Onions and Turnips or O.B.O.T
for short.
I am the chosen chief as voted by a select group of root vegetables.
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