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Discrimination: Rail ticket office closures

Act Fast! Deadline for comments is 26th July 2023. If you object, tell Transport Focus , London TravelWatch and your MP.  They seem to have made it as difficult as possible, particularly for visually impaired people. My words below might…

Latest news from HMRC

Call waiting times to be included on more helplines​  ​Following a successful trial, messages on the estimated time it will take to speak to an adviser will now be extended to more HMRC helplines from 4 July. ​ ​ The message will be played…

The myth of resilience.

I’ve been battling on in pain for months having burst the medial meniscus of my right knee.   It is one of the soft bits of padding around the kneecap that makes movement comfortable and possible.   And makes it agony and…

Have you got one?

The lettuce knife.   Made of plastic so to avoid those delicate leaf cells and fluids interacting with metal, this is one of those exotic utensils that languishes in the bottom of kitchen drawers.   Is it essential or just a gimmick?  …

A glut of summer strawberries.

This trio of desserts has a hint of orange: the classic cream tea scone and hot-water pastry tart , both topped with the frozen-fresh jam and served with more strawberries “cordon Bleu”  and an orange liqueur ice-cream. Sounds madly ambitious but…

Armed Forces Day UK – 27 June

Recently speaking at the 20th Anniversary dinner for the Solent Association of WRNS and other Naval women brought back powerful memories.    I wonder if military women nowadays realise the battles we fought for them.   All those stereotypes, prejudices, sexism and…

Another Baking Blind prize winner.

The super-simple fruit cake recipe won first prize in the cake competition at the Wales and West Wine, Beer and Food competition.  A friend of many years and nationally renowned wine and beer maker, Peter, used a 50-year old sweet…

Press Release: Bashing blind.

A wooden plenishing hammer, a disc of pewter and nimble fingers helped blind veteran, Penny Melville-Brown, turn a basic piece of pewter metal into a simple bowl at the Mettle Studios in Sussex www.fleurgrenier.co.uk. Add a trio of offset bee-shapes…

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