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It seemed like English.  The letters appeared on the slightly out of focus screen, all straight lines and curves just as we had learnt to write them at school but it wasn’t the letters that were the problem, it was the words, they just didn’t make sense.  It was a presentation but it was filled … Continue reading Is this English?

It was cold, very cold.  It was close to the end of the year and the cold wind cut down from the North.  All around the sound of children screaming could be heard piercing the air. Sobbing mothers grabbed hold of their own young and drew them close to their chests. Fear was everywhere; you … Continue reading Taking it all back

Wolves are evil, they hunt in packs, pursuing defenceless and peaceful herbivores (which aren’t doing any harm to anyone) for miles and miles over the grasslands of northern Europe and America before sinking their teeth into their flesh, grabbing them by the throat and squeezing the breath of life out of their bodies.  The wolf … Continue reading Wolves are evil but lions are good

Nature abhors a vacuum and so do people especially when they feel that something is going on which they are not party to, when something is happening and they are not in the know.  You find that whenever a story is told, a statement is a made or an idea is released that is without … Continue reading The communications void

I’m in my eleventh lustrum now and have finally come to terms with my faith.  It’s perhaps not what many would recognise as a religion but it works for me.  It’s not based upon the worship of a deity or the belief in a messiah or a prophet and it’s not written down in some … Continue reading Faith found

It’s that time of year again.  The clocks are going back and the days are getting colder and shorter.  There is a noticeable buzz in the air in the malls and in the department stores and in the high street.    People are scurrying by with purpose, heads down and weighed down, carrying bags stuffed with … Continue reading Shopper’s block

Everyone who works in local government as within every organization is a product of their own biology.  Their bodies are filled with millions of chemical transactions that are choreographed by the fundamental laws of physics.  Ultimately everything that we do is governed by these laws.  There is no escape. We live in a chaotic system.  … Continue reading The Role of Physics in Local Government – 3

Do you mind the gap? Do you?  I don’t, I’ve no objection to it at all.  I’ve passed by it many times and it can do what it likes as far as I’m concerned as long as it doesn’t bother me.  It’s never bothered me and I really don’t mind it being there. I mind … Continue reading Mind the gap

It’s a simple story that’s filled with human endeavour, emotion and grace.  It’s a story of desire, of need and fulfilment, a battle against all the odds.  It’s a dance, a ballet in three acts, beautifully scripted and choreographed with the premier dancers and the corps de ballet in harmony, at one with the rhythm … Continue reading Broadband – a ballet