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I learnt yesterday that PG Tips has spent £50m and two years developing a new blend of tea, in a teabag that infuses in just 60 seconds. PG Tips boss Liam McNamara says: ‘We’re investing a record £50m to keep up with the changing tastes of today’s tea drinkers. Our new blend means consumers canContinue reading “All You Need To Know About Money – In Four Songs”

‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ was a 1966 Western starring Clint Eastwood (the Good), Lee Van Cleef (the Bad), and Eli Wallach (the Ugly) … Recently two older gents were engaged in a conversation I’ve heard many times: ‘Young people today… glued to their phones… no respect… in my day… worked hard… entertainedContinue reading “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”

Three weeks ago Luis Rubiales kissed Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain’s World Cup win. Hermoso has filed a legal complaint against Rubiales for sexual assault and coercion. Rubiales has finally resigned but continues to insist that the kiss was consensual… Consent requires a sensitive ‘touch-ometer’ I was brought up in aContinue reading “Consent and my ‘Touch-ometer.”

I caught the end of ‘Countryfile’ last night. Next week there’s to be the annual sheepdog trials competition. I remember many years ago watching ‘One Man and his Dog’… I googled it. Apparently ‘Shepherds met for the first time in October 1873, in a field near Bala, Wales, to test their skills and compare theirContinue reading “Shepherds, Mowers, Fishermen and Dancing…”

Sometimes I wonder if my beating heart has a reasonThe thought of breathing only takes my breath awayI’ve spent so many nights wrestling with this feelingDo I have the strength to make it through the day But I was never meantTo walk this road aloneI can always trust youWhen you say This Michael W SmithContinue reading “I Will Carry You”

Yesterday… …Brentford striker Ivan Toney posted: ‘I didn’t come this far to only come this far.’ Toney was handed an eight-month ban from football for breaching betting rules in May. Yesterday reports stated that he’s started training so that he can return to action in January. …I watched two excellent new plays… Lizzie Martin describesContinue reading “How Far Would You Go?”

Taking the grandchildren to the circus at the end of the summer holidays is a family tradition. We went on Tuesday. Great Yarmouth’s Hippodrome, is ‘Britian’s last remaining ‘total’ circus building featuring the world-famous water spectacular, built in 1903.’ …different acts… Some demand strength – supporting myself and others, rock solid, totally dependable. Some areContinue reading “Life’s a Circus”

I saw this: ‘I’m giving up eating chocolate for a month.’ The meaning’s pretty straightforward. It was rewritten: ‘I’m giving up. Eating chocolate for a month.’ The meaning’s a bit different! What did the writer really mean? Children in Lowestoft returned to school yesterday… smiling, fresh faced children… Some will have said, ‘I hate school’;Continue reading “What Do You Really Mean?”

The Beatles sang ‘All you need is love…’ West Side Story is about… racism, immigrants, xenophobia… anger, violence… the alienation of young people… and love. Tony and Maria play out their wedding in the bridal shop where Maria works. Reciting the marriage vows they commit themselves to each other: Make of our hands one handMakeContinue reading “All You Need Is Love”

In ‘Oliver Twist’, Oliver’s an orphan in the workhouse, inadequately fed on gruel. Charles Dickens says: ‘Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger, and reckless with misery. He rose from the table; and advancing to the master, basin and spoon in hand, said: somewhat alarmed at his own temerity: ‘Please, sir, I wantContinue reading “Second Helpings”