Tag Archives: Margaret Thatcher
Not angry – anymore; Elvis Costello at Bournemouth
Elvis Costello has been kidding us he isn’t angry since we were in nappies (well I was 16 when he issued “My Aim is True“). I was also 16 when I walked the length of the Holdenhurst Rd to see him perform on the Stiff Tour … Continue reading
Is optimism enough?
“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.” Mr Micawber’s character was based on Dickens’ own father. Dickens must have loved his Dad. The Micawber … Continue reading
Collectivism is alive and well and living in Cyberbury
This egregious sentiment from Big Hair. And collectivism?? Ever since the blessed Lady Thatcher, I’ve seen nothing to persuade me that it’s not just “all about me”. Harrumph…. We had our 25,000th visitor to this blog last week, nearly 2500 … Continue reading