HIS was the most famous vocal performance of all time. When Elton John sang his updated Candle in the Wind at the funeral of Princess Diana in September 1997, it reduced countless people throughout the world to floods of tears. It was utterly unforgettable….. He has kept his vow of performing the song publicly  only […]

‘YOU SHALL not leave alive anything that breathes but you shall utterly destroy them’. You could be forgiven for thinking this quote was from Hitler or one of our more modern-day tyrants. But, no, those are the words of the ‘Lord God of Israel’, the Old Testament ‘god’ who remains a major influence on at […]

THE only turkey on my Christmas plate will be the cold variety – and that’s no comment on the weather. For the second year running I’m just not doing Christmas and, yes, I’m definitely missing out. Missing out on days of shopping in long irritating queues searching for gifts the recipients don’t really want anyway. […]

  NIKOLA TESLA was a genius. The famous physicist is widely credited as being one of the main men behind the discovery of alternating current and the x-ray – two remarkable achievements. Yet the Serbian, who in modern day parlance made Albert Einstein look a bit dense, didn’t stop there. He also made potentially the […]

THERE are three unforgivable sins in the crazy world of British politics. Any aspiring politician, blue or red, will guarantee to get him, her or itself the boot if they have touched a woman other than their wife on the knee in the last 35 years, challenged the state of Israel in any way or […]

THERE are contrasting ways to look at the engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. From a purely human point of view, this is indeed a joyous occasion – to see two young people in love and there is no reason to doubt that is a wonderful thing. It gives us a glimpse of what […]

I SCRATCHED a seven-year itch over the weekend – and it was worth the wait. Having watched several fantastic local dramatic and musical productions involving friends, I secretly longed to give it a go. My partner Trish Yendall is a thespian – had to watch the predictive text there! – and received a warm welcome […]

HIS TWITTER account is one of the hottest properties on social media. I doubt however that you will have seen the following tweet by United States President Donald Trump. ‘The time is upon us – operation Alice in Wonderland is about to start’. The reason I’m so certain is this message was deleted – very […]