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Can the Brits do anything right?

by | Oct 17, 2007 | updates

Today we are told it is predicted that the Brits will become increasingly obese because of the lifestyles we lead. Yesterday there was yet another warning about the hazardous levels of our alcohol consumption. So is it any surprise that we are also said to produce the...
What am I bid for the Citizen Kane Oscar?

What am I bid for the Citizen Kane Oscar?

by | Oct 16, 2007 | updates

I cannot understand how anyone could give away an Oscar, which is what Orson Welles did as payment to a Los Angeles cinematographer. Was he really so hard up after making the powerful film Citizen Kane, which caused a terrific storm in 1941 when there were attempts to...
Was age or lack of charisma the reason Ming quit?

Was age or lack of charisma the reason Ming quit?

by | Oct 16, 2007 | Uncategorized

I doubt Ming’s age of 66 was the real reason for his resignation as Lib Dem party leader, more his lack of oomph or charisma, his inability to connect (my favourite word) with voters. It was his greyness of character rather than the colour of his hair that let...
Wills, appeals and denied inheritance

Wills, appeals and denied inheritance

by | Oct 15, 2007 | updates

I have written a will, being of sound mind, I hope, solely to ensure the future care of my two sons if the worst should happen to me. There are not many noughts at the end of my bequests, unlike that of Branislav Kostic, who left £8.3m in his will to the Conservative...