Author: Ian Scales

THE COST OF THINGS Yes, we belong to the luckiest generation known to recent history, what with the last serious war being over sixty years […]

THE QUEEN, GOD BLESS HER A toast to be given with pride and thanks. When I heard that Her Majesty was to visit the Republic […]

LETS TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER Reg Baker  tells me his ankle is healing well; he is getting round much easier now and indeed he hopes […]

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES Last month’s childhood memory from Tony Simpson, of living before and during World War II in the countryside of Devon, with no water […]

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE… … and not a drop to drink (said, I think, The Ancient Mariner). If it doesn’t start raining soon, we shall be […]