In the good old days, when an Irish migrant came to England to get a job on the buildings he…
GROWING LIKE TOPSY GREEN BELT
What goes up must come down. That’s the basic law of gravity. In the past 20 years the population of…
BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND
The problem is farting (sorry madam flatulence). Not from us humans – although I’ve noticed the occasional whiff around the…
THE SPARTAN PLANNERS
It’s strange but the word planners is almost an anagram of Spartan. I couldn’t help thinking about this when Rachel…
LET’S FACE THE FACTS OF LIFE
Einstein put it well when he said that a sign of insanity was doing the same thing over and over…
THE CHINESE TAKE-AWAY CAR
Can you buy a brand-new new electric car for under £7,000? And I mean a proper car – not a…
A TAXING ENVIRONMENT
Let me take you back to the 80s – I know some of you were only twinkles in your parents’…
WELCOME TO NEVER NEVER LAND
Geoff and Sandra are a fairly average couple. They met in their late 20s and got married in their early…
STARK BY NAME AND STARK BY NATURE
It’s difficult not to feel sympathy for Chris Stark. He has the honourable job of being Chief Executive of the…
KHAN HE SAVE THE PLANET?
The year 2050 is going to be a big one for for me – I’ll be 100 years old. And…
WHY NEW REGULATORS ARE NEEDED
With the shambles that has been the so-called non-regulation of the water industry, it is now time for the government…
CAGE FIGHT IN OXFORD STREET
We Irish have a great way of sorting out disputes. We take off our jackets, go into the pub car…