Quotable
- I wouldn’t say that I was the best manager in the business but I was in the top one. Brian Clough
- I haven’t left my house in days. I watch the news channels incessantly. All the news stories are about the election; All the commercials are for Viagra and Cialis. Election, erection, election, erection – - either way it’s about getting screwed! Bette Midler
- So we had to speed to get here on time. It’s a good job Samantha was driving – or at least, that’s what it says on the forms! David Cameron
Daily Telegraph- Four arrested in fraud probe at 'back to work' programme
- Charlotte Church to settle hacking case out of court 'for up to £500,000'
- Property market: quarter of house buyers are first-timers
- Brits Awards 2012: Adele lifts two awards and her middle finger
- You never forget a teacher - especially one like 'Mr Rip'
- The curious case of the Bucklebury crime wave
- Heinrich Rudolf Hertz's birthday marked with Google doodle wave
Daniel Hannan- Whatever the problem, the EU's solution is always to spend spend spend
- The Union is more than an amplified alliance – there is also such a thing as British patriotism
- Leaving the euro isn't a punishment: it's Greece's last chance for recovery
- Americans! Please stop calling us Europeans!
- When Eurocrats become the baddies in thrillers, it's all over for Brussels
- The world is obsessed with the US presidential poll, but the congressional elections matter more
- As they sink into the mire, MEPs gaze at the stars
Category Archives: Olio
Pretty Polly
A lovely bunch of Parrot Tulips taken with a sheepskin rug as the background.
Posted in Olio
Tagged flowers, parrot tulips, sheepskin, tulips
Pretty white flower
I know as much about flowers as Gordon Brown does about economics so, if somebody can tell me what this is, please leave a comment and do so
You couldn’t make it up
Press Release Of The Week - From Deafness Research UK: As we enter Tinnitus Awareness Week, I should like to urge any of your readers who suffer from this distressing condition not to suffer in silence. As a fellow sufferer, I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Olio
Tagged foot in mouth
Five days to go…
…and we’ll be in the middle of a private meadow in West Wales, near the Cardigan Bay coast-probably up to our ankles in sheep shit but it’ll be just what the doctor ordered. This year’s home from home again comes … Continue reading
