Transplant +45: Gentle exercise
Since I last wrote on T+30 I’ve continued to make progress. I’m still tired much of the time and if sleeping was an Olympic sport I’d be a certainty for the gold medal. However, it feels as if some...
View ArticleDerby would now vote to remain in the EU
I missed Channel 4’s “Brexit: What the Nation Really Thinks” last night. However, the headline was that by an eight percentage point margin, Britain would now prefer to remain in the EU. Jonathan...
View ArticleSpondon Home Guard
A conversation I had earlier on today reminded me that I have a photograph of the Spondon Home Guard. It was taken during World War II, outside the gatehouse lodge at Locko Park. I don’t have a key to...
View ArticleA hostage to fortune
I’m not necessarily known for the accuracy of my predictions. But having watched the coverage from Downing Street this morning while trying not to utter too many expletives, here’s my latest hostage to...
View ArticleBrexit stockpiling: I’ve got carrots and olives and I swear there’s no guns
Last week I was approached by Chris Doidge from BBC Radio Derby. He asked me if I wanted to be interviewed about my no-deal Brexit stockpiling plans. I agreed and we talked last Thursday....
View ArticleWhen Brexit nonsense hits manufacturing reality
A Brexit manufacturing timeline. May 2016 Professor Patrick Minford, of Economists for Brexit, says of manufacturing: Over time, if we left the EU, it seems likely that we would mostly eliminate...
View ArticleElection fever
It’s a bit quiet here, as I’m currently the Liberal Democrat candidate in Oakwood ward for the Derby City Council elections on May 2nd. My campaigning website is here, and you can follow me on…Continue...
View ArticleSilly and sensible is the new left and right in British politics
I’m sure there’s going to be loads of erudite analysis pieces written about the results of the European Parliament elections. This isn’t one of them. However, listening to the results come in last...
View ArticleElvis Costello OBE
I confess to having missed the news that Elvis Costello had been awarded an OBE a few days ago. Things that were unthinkable a few years ago seem to have become commonplace these days. The…Continue...
View ArticleHamilton Road, Spondon, mid 1960s
A brief view of the Hamilton Road / Gerard Close housing development just after it had been built. The roads are waiting to be surfaced with concrete, rather than asphalt. This surface remains in...
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