Ten
I just noticed I missed this blog’s 10th birthday earlier this month. My first post was on 8 June 2005 and here we are, 10 years and 822 posts later […]
Life in General
Dufftown and the Money Train
It’s funny how the product of an idea, dreamed up in a creative environment, can take on a life of its own… and end up on The Sunday Politics. A […]
The Night I Carried Kathy Stobart’s Saxophone
Kathy Stobart, the jazz saxophonist who played with the Humphrey Lyttleton band with some of its best line-ups, died a week ago, aged 89. The only time I saw Stobart […]
On “What Every Parent Should Know About Steiner Schools”
Last night I went to Andy Lewis’s talk on “What Every Parent Should Know About Steiner Schools”. I’d blogged my current thoughts about Steiner education the day before, just out […]
Can There Be ‘Good’ Steiner Schools?
I’m looking forward to attending Andy Lewis’ talk “What Every Parent Needs to Know About Steiner Schools” tomorrow night, even though I’m not a parent and I think I probably […]
My Favourite Teapot
We should be grateful for tea bags. They are like little powder-filled litmus tests for the depth to which the rot of flat, insipid, lifeless cuppas have infested almost every aspect […]
Blogio
Mae @JoeNicholls wedi gofyn i fi wneud mewn gweithdy blogio gyda @SarahNicholas. Or to put it another way, yn saesneg, for non-Welsh speakers (and, presumably, Welsh-speakers horrified by my grammar in […]
Are O2 Giving Out My Phone Number Without Permission?
Furious this morning to see that O2 are apparently providing my phone number to every website I visit from my mobile while connected to their network. If you’re connected from […]
Wisteria Ramble
I got very excited about this. This wisteria is considerably older than I am (it is at least 40) and it has never flowered. I remember it when I was […]
Thank You, Guardian Cardiff
I moved to Cardiff in January 2010. In March that year the Guardian launched a new hyperlocal news site “Guardian Cardiff”. As a newbie to the city (I really had […]
What Harm Can It Do?
викWhy is reflexology more popular than iridology? In the absence of an evidence-base, what makes one treatment more successful (in terms of uptake) than another? Put another way, if I […]
Skeptics, Scepticism and the Power of Questions
I was lucky enough to get to hear Stephen Fry speak at one of our graduation ceremonies in the summer. It was a great speech, strong on kindness, lawnmowers and […]