Entertainment, Politics

How Things Work in the UK When the Press Gets It Wrong

I thought you might be interested to see what happens in the UK when a newspaper publishes something which is factually-challenged and is then challenged on the facts. It seems that The Daily Telegraph (a historically fine newspaper, and the only one I was allowed to read as a child, after a member of the staff had ironed… Continue reading How Things Work in the UK When the Press Gets It Wrong

Plain Speaking, Psychology

Clearing My Spindle, Cleaning My Bowl

Let’s be clear: I could write at length about renovation in one of its generally accepted senses. I could write about the house we’ve been building and renovating for over three decades, and which still has a couple of unpainted surfaces of the original drywall for the interested to view at will (don’t call me,… Continue reading Clearing My Spindle, Cleaning My Bowl