A family reunion day (blighted)
When I arranged to visit old friends who I have known for over 50 years in Texas in November, I did not realise that my going there would coincide with the presidential election, but the family reunio ...
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Lung disease affects millions of people, reveals charity (World COPD Day 16 November)
The British Lung Foundation (BLF) reveals some shocking statistics about the life-limiting lung condition Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on World COPD Day, 16 November. 115,000 people are diagn ...
So long, Leonard Cohen 1934-2016
The first great casualty of the Trump election was the complete opposite of Trump. So unlike Trump was Leonard Cohen that you cannot imagine the two on the same planet. At least Cohen, a poet, singer, ...
Morris Minor clocked up enough miles to reach the moon
A 96–year–old man has travelled the same distance as a trip to the MOON in his 57–year–old Morris Minor – which is still going strong. Retired civil engineer John Neve bought the trusty car for £500 f ...