A substantial fire has left serious damage throughout the Camden market area of London. Starting at about 19:30 last night it has now been bought under control leaving substantial damage in the market area but in spite of being a regular news reader I would have had no idea if it hadn’t been for my [...]
Just back from a little winter break and good lord did I need it. Quite often you don’t realise how exhausted you’ve become until you stop your day to day routine.
International flights always have a bizarre selection of movies, usually a ghastly selection of American romantic comedies that are so bad they never even make [...]
Its been a low-key build-up to Christmas this year, I’ve been working exceptionally hard for the season along with many of my colleagues so I’ve not had time for much in the way of preparation. Last weekend we went for our annual shop at Fortnum and Mason and as we wandered around the Oxford [...]
Not only is Christmas approaching but for many people in the finance sector its also bonus time and its about now that the early birds start to find out what sort of bonus they’ve been awarded. A little birdie tells me there was a mood of euphoria at the Goldman’s Christmas party last Thursday night, [...]
I’m sure President Vladimir Putin has lots of very good reasons for choosing Dmitry Medvedev as his successor, I just can’t help but wonder if one of them is watching President Bush trying to pronounce Mr Medvedev’s name on television.
Compiling our Christmas cards last night was a good moment to reflect on all the changes [...]
With Christmas only around the corner you may be wondering about what gifts to get for friends and family members whilst dreading the sojourn to the local shopping centre. It seems so much easier to do these things over the internet these days. Well it just so happens that my Sister has a little jewellery [...]
Lately I’ve been going through a period which feels like I’m living to work. Working on a number of projects simultaneously, each of which is high-profile and of an urgent nature so I have been getting in early every morning and working late every evening in the hope that I can break their back. At [...]
In spite of this year being a rain-drenched washout I have managed to squeeze in a generous mileage on my bike. Now as winter draws in and I start to consider when it will be the last ride of the year I began to think about what it was that inspires the motorcycle enthusiast but [...]
Open-Air dance and electronica festival, Eastnor Castle Deer Park.
It was quite a long ride up to the Malvern hills, made all the harder by the long tail-backs of stationary traffic but thankfully with a motorbike I could make decent progress and made it to the site by six-thirty. Left the bike in the park, removed [...]
I am a self-confessed news-junkie, consistently fascinated by what’s going-on around the globe. So with the rise of RSS news feeds this seems like an ideal panacea for my kind of addiction however I was unable to find the sort of thing I was looking for. Yes there’s Google desktop and Yahoo widgets but most [...]
To all those who have been having problems lately trying to leave comments a sincere apology. This was due to software upgrades by my hosting company which left my spam-checker inoperable. I spent some time over the weekend upgrading my wordpress and all associated scripts and you should have no more problems from now on.
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Gioconda’s Smile by Manos Hadjidakis (Produced by Quincy Jones)
Some years ago I spent some time living in mainland Greece working as a teacher and maintain some very fond memories of the country and its people. One such vivid memory is the music of Manos Hadjidakis who is particularly famous for his score for Never on [...]
