On this day in 1937 The Hobbit was published, just in time for Frodo's and Bilbo's birthday which is, of course, tomorrow the 22nd o...

I was sad to hear that Fr Hugh Thwaites passed away recently. I met him at my Best Man's wedding (see here ) quite some years ago (he...

Sad news this week really. I finally dug out my old LOTR poster of Bilbo's last Song (you know... at the end of the book when he, Ga...

Some great news from the garden. Our goldfish have had more babies. Not sure how many, but at last count there are at least seven wee black ...

Years ago I used to walk to work with an old man called Tom Dance. He would always tell me his stories of his service in the Navy in WW2 and...

If my call is so VERY important to you - how about answering it? If you experience a high volume of calls so regularly (like 99% of the ti...

I survived yesterday. "Why so?" you ask! Because it was Monday? No. Because two lots of software were playing up in work? No....

The G4S "omnishambles" for the London 2012 Olympics shows that reliance on Big Business is not good enough for a government. The...

Just listening to The Spectator podcast and they are defending the free market viz the banking crisis. I thought Daniel Hamman MEP made a ...

Going grey - me and George! (there the similarity ends) This week we've had or will have: one child's (16th) birthday. one c...

Went to see CD last night with Mrs H. To get the important matters settled, we took in our goodies. I refuse to pay £20 for a fizzy pop and ...

“Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.” G.K. Chesterton

Just had a Viennese Whirl and a cup of tea in my Hilaire Belloc mug. Does life get any better? The blog is in danger of becoming a food ...

Coconut Rolls You know it's Father's Day when you open your Liquorice Allsorts (other brands are available) and there is a prepo...