WHAT CLASS WERE YOU IN?
I once told her I was sweating. She pulled me up on that one. ‘No Michael; horses sweat, men perspire, but we ladies just feel the heat.’
A WORLD WITHOUT MEN
‘The greatest want of the world is the want of men, men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.’
WHEN IT IS TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
There are two things certain in life so it is said; death and taxes. To this might be added regrets and who better to ask what these might be than nurses in palliative care. What are deathbed laments of regret?
A Nation without Church Spires
Russia is building new churches at an extraordinary rate. In Moscow alone it is expected that 200 new churches will soon bring Christians and God closer together.
The Dovetails Hotel Romantic Comedy
The entertaining and engaging interludes are accompanied by risqué humour and naughty incidents. A reader writes, ‘I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am feeling rather warm.’
THE FORGOTTEN LAND
I seem to recall there was no inflation between Queen Victoria’s ascendancy to the throne in 1819 and the near end of her reign in 1901. Imagine, what you pay for goods is the same as what your great-grandma paid. In my lifetime I recall being paid £9.12.6 […]
DRESS SENSE EXPLAINED
How odd, I thought, as I chanced upon a vocation that I had never before heard of. The smartly dressed young woman at the adjacent business fair stand explained her mission in life. If I required her services, she would accompany me to the city’s department stores. During […]
MANNERS MAKETH MAN
Where and when appropriate I greet a lady by the simple courtesy of raising the back of her hand to near my lips. For many, it is a first experience that has so far brought pleasure. I wonder how many women have had a hat raised in greeting […]
There is Life after Death
UNCONTROLLED NEWS: The patient woke up several hours before she was disconnected from life support. A 32-year-old woman in the UK woke up a few hours before she was taken off life support, surprising her family and doctors, My London reports. Emma Price’s brain was damaged after she […]
Herbalism Cures Where Conventional Medicine Fails
FREE CITIZENS NEWS FUNDED BY READERS: Viewed as a financial threat to conventional healthcare services alternative medicine are making a comeback. Furthermore, centuries-old and tested traditional healthcare methods such as herbalism show positive results. Herbalist remedies succeed where Big Pharma healthcare ~ in which the elite invest and the […]
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