Our Dumb Chums

I have been reflecting on the largish number of PG Wodehouse stories that feature animals and birds. Cats, dogs, pigs, parrots, canaries fairly throng the pages and I wondered if this might be an angle worth exploring.

Schweppes Switch

There is so much to get irritated about that it’s a wonder I have time for anything else. The latest annoyance is the repackaging of tonic water and soda water into similar looking black cans. Inadvertently pouring a gin and soda is jolly cross-making, although disaster can be averted by lacing it with lime cordial.

The Law of Unintended Consequences

The Law of Unintended Consequences is a pervasive tyranny that we live under. Governments raise tax rates and raise less revenue. In the UK there is a 5p charge for plastic bags so people buy big, strong plastic “bags for life” that get thrown away – you get the idea?

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The Man Who …

If it’s in back and white and a foreign language it’s usually my kind of film – pretentious dilettante that I am.

Lest We Forget

Walking across Hyde Park one evening I noticed this fine memorial. The inscription set me thinking.

Cocktail Time

Frederick, 5th Earl of Ickenham, is my favourite PG Wodehouse character and if you have the misfortune not to be acquainted with him where better to be introduced than by reading Cocktail Time, published in 1958. Then you can call him Uncle Fred.

Last Week of the Proms

The BBC splash out on some big hitters to play at the last week of the Proms. This year it is the Staatskapelle Berlin and their conductor Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Dresden, under Christian Thielemann.

Back to Business

On Sunday I shared with you a bit about microbeads. This was something I had to read up on from scratch and my information came from research published on the Pacific Assets Trust website.

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Shopping

In a perfect world I’d do my supermarket shopping on-line but I don’t and here’s why.

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