The connection between Bloemfontein, the RAF and Hammersmith Bridge may elude you. If you walk across the bridge on the upstream side you will find the answer.
Month: January 2018
The Ginger Man
“When you don’t have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it’s sex. When you have both it’s health.” That’s from The Ginger Man by JP Donleavy. He served in the US navy in WWII and jumped ship to go to Trinity College Dublin in 1946. Like Evelyn Waugh he didn’t get… Continue reading The Ginger Man
Fulham Reach
Green Flag Day
The Fox in the Attic
In a recent comment Richard D North drew a comparison between my stay with an aristocratic German family in 1972 and Richard Hughes’ 1961 novel, The Fox in the Attic. I must have read it more than forty years ago and had completely forgotten it, so it was a pleasure to read it again for… Continue reading The Fox in the Attic
In Memoriam
The Taxman Cometh
Fire and Fury
Michael Wolff’s revelations in Fire and Fury about the Trump administration allege, among much else, that Donald Trump and his inner circle did not expect to win the election. This is last year’s news. It is such old hat that it appeared here in The Truth about Trump posted in July last year. Warning: this… Continue reading Fire and Fury
Gosh, Josh
When I was working I had it easy. All I had to do was look after the clients and find new clients. At first I had “back office” as support. By 2015 I had Mid Office, Back Office, two IT depts, Credit, Compliance, Treasury and Management who all could and often did put a spoke… Continue reading Gosh, Josh