Category: Family & Parenting

DINING – HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED

When dining back in the 1950s Only Italians ate pasta. Curry was a surname. A takeaway was a mathematical problem. A pizza was associated with a leaning tower. Crisps were plain; the only choice we had was whether to add salt or not. Rice was only served as […]

HOW COULD YOU EXPLAIN THIS?

NOTE: Our News and Views stories are contributed by readers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editor.  A farmer was sitting at the local bar, nursing a drink and looking glum. A curious man walked in, saw him, and asked, ‘Why are you sitting here […]

SHUT UP AND LISTEN

Most of us rush through spaces, our minds preoccupied and our eyes barely registering what’s in front of us. But there’s magic in paying attention, in being mindful of the small details that make every moment unique.

WHO WAS RIGHT? ME OR EDDIE?

Throughout my life, well for 45 years, I had worked and never taken a sickie. I paid my taxes. Directly or indirectly, 50 per cent of everything I earned had gone to the Westminster regime. I was not free. I was a serf working on a plantation for that Westminster glutton.