A Disorderly Retirement
What do you do if you wake up in the morning to see the rain lashing against the windows and the clouds scudding across the sky? My advice would be not to go out for a walk in the countryside. Now, admittedly, we’ve had such a wet and windy winter that it can be hard…
I do occasionally wonder why someone who leads such a safe and risk-free life feels the need to go overboard on holiday. I am not a daring person. I always take a cardigan with me in case it turns chilly and look three times before I cross the road. I don’t lead protest marches or…
I have been thinking about uniforms lately. Mainly because I’ve been looking for a winter coat that isn’t a quilted puffer jacket and they are surprisingly hard to find. Everyone appears to be wearing one of those jackets, usually in a discreet shade of dark blue or black. It would seem that although adults are…