Square holes - round pegs.

     In 1972 when I was fifteen years old I left school; one of the last generation of children - and make no mistake we were children -  able to do so. I left school without taking any examinations, GCE O-levels as they were then.     At the time, and for a few years afterwards, I thought...

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Is There Anybody There?

Written for 'The Write On Project.'http://thewriteonproject.wordpress.com/Subject: Communication. I watched Steven Spielberg’s classic film ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ on DVD the other night. In the movie a five tone motif is used to try and communicate with the aliens. Apparently the tones were chosen so that the notes sounded like H E L L O in musical form, which I guess is a good a greeting as any to try on aliens.Watching...

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Oh God

    Is Richard Dawkins a secret believer in God? Does the leader of the sect of Atheism, subconsciously at least, believe in the Almighty God?    On the Radio 4 Today program recently, in a discussion with Giles Fraser, the former Canon of St. Paul's, Dawkins stated that many Christians couldn't name the first book of the New Testament. Therefore he concluded, these so called Christians were not real...

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Does it add up?

    So the Bank of England has decided in its wisdom to inject a further 50 Billion pounds into the UK economy. Will that make your life easier? Will it make my life easier? Will it help get the economy moving again?      I suggest the answer to those questions is a resounding no.     Now the adult population of the UK is considered to be approx 51 million....

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Let It Snow...

...but only for a short time, and don't let it settle.     For as long as I can remember I've always been a Scrooge about snow. I hate the stuff. I concede, that viewed through double glazed windows, seated by a log fire, with a glass of beer to hand, it can have a certain charm.     Most of my working life has been spent doing jobs where snow has been a hindrance. I spent a long time working for...

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