Author Archives: Jim Stewart

I’ve noticed a few of my friends struggling with being online. It seems to be stressing them out. A couple of things happened over the last few days that made me think about this. I noticed that there were several … Continue reading →

As new restrictions are about to come in there were a lot of sporting events restarting today – and some even had crowds. Not only that but we had last night at the Proms with lots of people singing. Listening … Continue reading →

Watching the news that a skin care shop in Bootle has decided the virus is a hoax I’ve come to a conclusion. Planet of the Apes had the right idea. Time for the apes to taker control of the earth … Continue reading →

Extinction Rebellion called for a peoples forum to oversee the government response to climate change. So the government said they would set up a peoples forum. It has now reported back. Extinction Rebellion say they have not gone far enough. … Continue reading →

So the rule of 6 now applies. Listening to some people you would think it is the Rule of 666. It looks like this will mean absolutely no change to my life. But my guess is this is not the … Continue reading →

It wasn’t that long ago that there were major ructions about the ability of Big Ben to ring in special occasions (not that it ever did in the past). It struck me today that this has disappeared into the mists … Continue reading →

I gave in. I ate some of the chocolate. I brought it back from Nicaragua waaay back toward the start of the year for a chocolate tasting night. But it doesn’t look like it will happen any time soon. 70% … Continue reading →

There was an old woman who swallowed a fly…. In France a man using an electric fly swat has managed to blow up half of his house. I just had to start with that. I have been thinking about environmental … Continue reading →

I went for a walk today, down to the beach. I found a nice nature walk around the lakes that I had driven past without seeing for years. It was interesting walking through the village. I get the impression that … Continue reading →

The film Waterloo was on tonight. It was the story of how we managed to give Napoleon a well justified thrashing. Tomorrow we can watch Sharpe giving him another thrashing in Spain/Portugal. We are all proud of the way we … Continue reading →