The Bee Widow.
We had a long weekend at the national bee convention at Harper Adams University. The beekeeper spent all his time at erudite lectures and quizzing
20/04/2026
Blog & Articles of Interest
Vicious cycle.
Recent ONS data and their report highlighted the links between parents’ and children’s mental health problems, making each other’s situation worse and, for the children,
13/04/2026
Listen Up!
This week I’m doing an in-person talk for the Portsmouth Association of Wrens on Tuesday evening. It will be good to be amongst so many
13/04/2026
Making Tax Digital exemptions
Making Tax Digital is nearly upon us. www.gov.uk/government/collections/making-tax-digital-for-income-tax But there are some exemptions: 1. Automatic exemptions – based on information already held by HMRC There
30/03/2026
DWP’s crystal ball.
Some people may be sceptical due to the Department’s distinctly patchy record of getting things right, but they are apparently going to be able to
30/03/2026
Choux experiment.
It took four of us: Karen the high priestess of the kitchen, Kathy the super-gardener, Will who’s another blind veteran and muggins here, to make
23/03/2026
Just three things …
Firstly, here’s the link to my Radio Victory interview last week: https://radiovictory.co.uk/shows/catchup Look for Sunday’s ‘Between the Lines’ (15th March ’26) I start at about
18/03/2026
Loose end Sunday 15 March at 1800
If you’ve nothing better to do Sunday 6pm (for landlubbers!) you could listen to my latest interview on Radio Victory. To listen online
11/03/2026
Tackle longer but lonelier, less healthy and less happy lives.
Here are some extracts from a recent Office for National statistics report. Not very positive but perhaps a timely reminder to take back control of
02/03/2026