Father’s Day – A Time to Remember Just What your Father Has Done for You
It is Father’s Day today in the UK, the USA and many other countries around the world. Father’s day is becoming an important day of celebration and gradually catching up with the more popular mother’s day worldwide. Now the fifth most popular purchased greeting cards...
Change the World Through the Young People of Today
It is 60 years this month that a remarkable book by a remarkable girl was published. Anne Frank's Diary was published on 25th June 1947 and has inspired generations of children ever since. Nearly 40 million copies of Anne' diary have been published in nearly 70 years....
A Mars Bar a Day Kills a Calf or Two!
Okay - that is quite an emotive headline, but how else can I hit home the fact that one of the world's leading confectionary companies has just tried to quietly sneak through a major ingredient change in one of the UK's most popular chocolates?! From this month,...
Why it is Okay to Blow Your Own Trumpet!
One of the qualities imbued into me by my parents is to be humble at all times. Perhaps it is a cultural thing, but I have always been self-effacing and have down played my achievements and successes. This has not however always been a good thing as I have often been...
Is Globalisation a Reality or Just a Big Joke?
I have just received one of those emails which seem to go around the world with a quirky message. As the world seems to get smaller and smaller, it is amazing how intertwined our lives have become. This email posed the question:- What is the truest definition of...
Help SAVE Regents Park!
I have often written about Regents Park in central London and how it provides me and so many other people with so much pleasure all years around. But now can you believe that there are advanced proposals to devastate centuries old woodland to make way for some...
Make Hay whilst the Sun Shines!
This morning I visited Regents Park yet again for a brief walk and a visit to the Open Air Theatre. Thttps://openairtheatre.com/he flowers are already in full bloom and it promises to be another splendid summer in the park. However, sometimes in life we also get some...
Persistence is the Key to Success
We all have challenges in life and it is up to us to see them as exciting or daunting. I have been re-visiting a famous book by Napolean Hill - "Think and Grow Rich". There is a quote from him which has a lot of meaning for all of us as we ponder on our challenges and...
Stars Wars Celebration – May the Force be with You!
During my last week of rest and recuperation, I was lucky enough to be invited to the grand opening of a Star Wars exhibition in central London. Darth Vader himself made a grand appearance as you can see on this clip:- Amazingly, it is 30 years this month since the...
Sometimes We All Need to Chill Out
I am back writing again after what seems like a long break. A week is a long time they say - and especially in politics - just see what has happened in Northern Ireland since I have been away from the blogosphere. Having just written about it being May day and how it...