Life's about experiences. These are mine.
So Jessops has been announced as the latest firm on the UK high street to go into administration, following in the footsteps of the likes of Woolworths and Comet. This is a tragedy for the people that work in those businesses and for the high streets themselves that take on an abandoned look with gaps where many thriving …
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Loving the Google Doodle today to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the London Underground.
Last year I read a book called SideProjects Book which was over 70 stories of people that had started businesses, all apps in this case, while holding down a day job. By the end of 2012 I realised that I had achieved that too with The Chubby Challenge. I think that there is a danger …
Kew Gardens were offering free entry today and so we took advantage of their largess and made our way along. Of course the best time to visit is when there are leaves on the trees and it’s not raining but we had a good time nevertheless.
I took this in London just before the Christmas break on my iPhone and was really pleased with the way that it has turned out. As Eros was behind hoardings that have either been erected to protect it from drunken new year revelers or while it is being repaired you couldn’t see it in all …
2012 has been an interesting year for the Thompson family, principally because it has brought us into contact with many areas of the public sector but, mainly and I have to say regrettably, the NHS and the police. This involved my trip to the nurse early in the year, one major operation, a colonoscopy, an assault and a mugging – …
Last concert of 2012 last night when we went to see Duke Special at Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Throwing caution to the wind we elected to drive up and park at the Westfield shopping centre which is just five minutes walk from the venue. Of course, this being just five days from Christmas that was a …
I was very sad to learn today that astronomer Patrick Moore has passed away. Most people, I suspect, will remember him for introducing several generations to star gazing through his very popular The Sky at Night programme which he presented for more than fifty years. I, however, will remember him for a series of children’s books …
A couple of weekends ago Helen and I went to Bristol, a city with plenty going for it. There is a lot of fascinating history, particularly around Isambard Kingdom Brunel who seems to have had a hand in so many things from the railway station at both London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads, the railway …
Great new video from The Dandy Warhols but I’m not sure that the Blackpool tourist board will approve!