Author Archives: Jim Stewart

Just sitting down to a refreshing 1000 and 1 nights tea. Demmers do some really good fruit teas. I watched a documentary about Johnny Cash that was made just a few months before he died. One of main songs they … Continue reading →

Not again, another beast from the east. Where are they all coming from? A few years ago we had the Met Office look at “global warming” as it was called then. We wanted to know short term and long term … Continue reading →

As the song says: You may call me Terry, you may call me TimmyYou may call me Bobby, you may call me ZimmyYou may call me R.J., you may call me RayYou may call me anything Just in case you … Continue reading →

Big fuss about a new coal mine opening in Cumbria. Quite interesting seeing how much interest this is stirring up. The case for Scottish independence calls for maximising oil extraction – it makes the coal mine in Cumbria look like … Continue reading →

Or other rubbish like that. Of course you are what you eat because it transforms into you through the gut. But there are some interesting new ideas being put forward that your brain function is in part determined by what … Continue reading →

The big news is that Captain Sir Tom has died of COVID. Everybody is sad. Everybody is paying respects. But slipped in to one of those reports was the news that he had recently been on a bucket list holiday … Continue reading →

It might be a month in to 2021, but I have only just got the final information to tot up my carbon footprint from last year. I had decided to offset some of the year (well I did have a … Continue reading →

The purpose of the president is not to wield power but to draw attention away from power. I forgot how good it was… I am wondering if we are experiencing something like the “shoe event horizon” – with all of … Continue reading →