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A font of uselessness I, within our growing danger My thoughts slip away like the wasps in the autumn Stinging in rapturous abandon they e...

Robbie aged 2

Not yet all asleep as this madam la reine from the kitchen tonight shows.

Where wind and rain may never hide Can be found one man to turn the tide In glades of winter so summer shall come The lessons learne...

Sunday 27 th Nov 2011 Some more general autumn shots and an amazing wasp’s nest discovered in a tree. It’s pretty big and was very close...

To walk within fluid, cool, night airs Flowing in endless chains down to sea On silvered lawns with paths of onyx I pass and see sorrow r...

Sunday 20 th Nov 2011 Cool day filled with long rolling mists that never quite lifted. I think you can see it on the pictures. Now it se...

Recipe for the perfect garlic bread, (courtesy of Nick) – not to be eaten every day obviously 1 French type baguette of good quality. (No...

Between the soft rock and hard earth grows hope It is fragile, uncertain and longing to be forgotten Yet while it endures and gutters I...

  The British Medical Association has called on ministers to ban smoking in cars to protect children from breathing in toxins. Smoking sho...

On this Remembrance Sunday we need to understand why all these brave people lost their lives in 2 great world wars (and any other wars.) The...

Told you so ... The first private company to take over an NHS hospital has admitted in a document seen by the Observer newspaper that p...

Fibre and whole grains 'reduce bowel cancer risk' High fibre cereals are just one type of fibre which were shown to help prevent ...

Bye, bye NHS we'll miss you - especially if we get ill. A private company, listed on the stock market, has been given the right to del...

10 th Nov 2011 It’s a 99% full moon tonight and there are very few clouds so it may look better than the big one tomorrow. Other than that ...

Rhubarb and Mango crumble Thought i'd invented a new recipe last night but looking on Google this morning I see there are hundreds of ...

Sleep was slow to come so far underground. Once the flaxen light of the staffs was dimmed the darkness was absolute and impenetrable. In thi...

Ibbero and the rest of the Ishanntari were vegetarians. How could they not be; exalted and ancient beings of reasoned logic. There could be ...

Heady sepulchres raised under rain Raise a mighty shade in united minds To remember together the acerbic wit That passed between us ...

Letting down a new generation I was surprised (or not) to see so many red dots in the north of the country. Blackspots for youth disengag...

Asthralain grew both weary and impatient with the asinine machinations of Harabeth the emissary of Sandum. His words were honey coated but w...

TIPS ON PUMPING PETROL - here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every Litre: (from a petroleum expert allegedly and ...

Halloween myths, legends and witchcraft statistics . Cost of smoking to East Lancashire's economy calculated as £163million The sh...

I swam deep among the stars Gazing across the sapid infinity Yet when I looked back to Earth Autumn was fast encroaching On the northern ...

Looking over to the garden from over the road. The autumn colours are really great this year. Everything in the centre of the pictures (to t...

A lone voice called across a nacreous waste Unheard, unremarked and unrequited So a million voices called across the impotence Unanswered,...

A report into employment laws commissioned by the prime minister has recommended scrapping the right for workers to claim unfair dismissa...

They were at the head of a long valley which swept down to a long ribbon lake that traced the shape of the valley floor. The autumn colours ...

The usual work structure in place where most of us work - Better to be higher in the order, but at least we know why people slip from grace ...

Only in New York could they do this  - but kinda cute, although i'm not sure Robbie would wear it. The dog at the bottom with the fag an...

I came across these pictures the other day - how times have changed at work. I get dizzy just looking at the first picture.

Well it’s been a quiet week with our first frost on Tuesday. Only a mild one, but still it is a precursor of what is to come. For the moment...

Only 5% of Stanford University graduates figured it out! Can you answer all seven of the following questions with the same word? 1. The w...

It’s been a calm, sunny weekend overall. Not too much going on but appreciatively the weather is dry. Final gasp and here comes the cold. I ...

Exit stage left lady of summer with your verdant gown muddied and now shorn of beauty save the last fading flowers. To bed have gone her bel...

From the Guardian- Saturday 15 October 2011 19.59 BST The government is to launch a "house swap" programme, reminiscent of Norm...

I think we at 50 or younger better plan on never getting an old age pension payment - now what i want to know is how they can get away with ...

Here's some more black and white shots but i think they work best in good light and not at dusk like last night when these were taken ...