ArtOfGov

I have nearly come to the end of reading (again) the quite brilliant ‘Making of the English Working Class’ by EP Thompson. And on page 800 found this reference:
“But this time it was Hetherington, a printing worker, who led the frontal attack (on the demands for freedom of the press). His ‘Poor Man’s Guardian‘ carried [...]

About a month ago I went out for a long rambling walk in the countryside. Due to lack of rain, the burn at the bottom of the deep gulley was very low, so it’s a good time to take a walk that’s not so possible in wetter parts of the year. There is primeval feel [...]

First thing I heard on the radio this morning was that the East Coast Mainline (train service from Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Newcastle, York, Peterborough, London) is to be taken into public ownership.
Can NAMES NOW BE NAMED.
Who exactly is responsible for this ongoing debacle on the railways? Which particular senior civil servants, which politicians (John Major [...]

I have recently ‘come into’ a small sum of money. The story is thus. My elderly father is in hospital and while he’s there has decided he has no actual monetary needs so he’s given me his pension money.  The worst experience he is having in hospital is the thought that when he eventually leaves [...]