(Sub Title: Just Another Rant) Disclaimer. Having already outlived the time allocated to me under Biblical rules I hereby claim the right to wander from the point and to display spells of incoherence. Truth to tell, as the kernel of this particular outburst began to develop other tangential thoughts emerged that have compelled me to …
Paternal Influence The influence of a father on his progeny in varies. I will leave the reader to decide how much influence William Rees-Mogg brought to bear on his son, based on this extract from The Captain – The Life and Times of Simon Raven. The piece relates to their contemporaneous time at Charterhouse School …
Parental Influence (in this case on a politician). Read More »
This is an attempt to pass on some accumulated wisdom to successive generations: The Fringe
A Doctor’s Waiting Room rarely offers a wide choice of reading material and recently I found myself obliged to read an ageing copy of Country Life (there is nothing wrong with the publication but it would not feature as a primary choice). As with most publications I found myself drawn to the Letters Page since …
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Happy Days – looking back! See if you agree The Nautical College Pangbourne