WHY DROWN THROUGH IGNORANCE

It is always sad to read of needless deaths by drowning. Most drownings were avoidable. Such tragedies are common but most heart-rending are the many people who die not through drowning but through lack of knowledge. Those more aware of how to respond in a difficult situation would […]

IS IT STUPIDITY OR CORRUPTION

Lack of space means I have difficulty cataloguing the massive ‘off the radar’ British Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) purchasing blunders of recent times. If these ‘blunders’ were to happen to a registered company the tax inspectors, anti-corruption squad, receivers and others charged with rooting out financial malpractice would […]

MUSICAL NOTES – NANA MOUSKOURI

Nana Mouskouri is an international nightingale who has sold 300 million records and recorded over 1,500 songs in fifteen different languages on 450 albums. Over a career spanning five decades, she has been awarded more than 230 gold and platinum albums, which surely makes her the top female […]