Happy Mother’s Day to all you fantastic Mums, I hope you’re having a fab time being spoilt by your children. Â I’m spending the day with my Gran, having lunch and enjoying the wonderful weather over the weekend. A bit disappointed over the narrow lose to Leinster yesterday 22-21 as I thought the Blues were going … More Happy Mothering Sunday
Yesterday I headed to the United Nations HQ at Palais des Nations and not a Welsh flag in sight – very disappointed lol! After lunch in the Delegates Restaurant had quick peep at the Council Chamber – good to have someone on the inside 😉 and a walk through the Parc de l’Ariana to look … More United Nations
A good flight to Geneva above the cloudy skies, the weather was much better there! Arrived in time for a walk around La Rade before dinner and watch the sunset and catch all the touristy attractions 🙂 Today I’m visiting the United Nations building, a spot of lunch in the Delegates Restaurant and then on … More Geneva
OK, where do I begin? Â After the weirdest day in Six Nations history I heard the sad news regarding Charles Edward Anderson Berry, better known to all of us as Chuck. For every budding guitarist Johnny B. Goode was a staple part of the learning process and I must have played that song hundreds of … More Chuck Berry, me and the end of the Six Nations!
Today sees the final day of the Six Nations Championship and although England have already won the championship Ireland will be hoping they can put on a big performance later in the day to deny them a Grand Slam. The first game up is Scotland – Italy with the Scots hoping to bounce back from … More The final day of the Six Nations Championship
Happy St Patrick’s Day to you all and our Celtic cousins across the water. We share a bond with the Irish and it is always a good weekend in Dublin and last weekend when they were singing proud and loud in Cardiff. I wish them well tomorrow against the unbeaten English, hope they can do … More St Patrick’s Day, preparing for the final weekend of the Six Nations and more ramblings
Well that was a disappointing Saturday, France comfortable winners against Italy and Scotland imploded against England to hand them an easy victory and retention of the Six Nations Championship. After all the hype I was expecting Scotland to be on their game against an England side that had not played well but keep winning. Â England … More Quiet Sunday and Kew
Da iawn Cymru, da iawn!!! What a fantastic game of rugby, and a Friday night success for the start of the weekend. Â All buoyed up after a great win by the men in red, richly deserved. That’s the team I was discussing yesterday, the one that turns up and sets the world of rugby alight. … More Fabulous way to start the weekend – Day 8 of the Six Nations
The penultimate weekend of the Six Nations sees no more games on a Sunday. Â Tonight Wales pit themselves against a buoyant Irish side, with Wales needing to secure a victory to stay in the top 8 seeded teams for the 2019 World Cup. We don’t mind another pool of death, we got out of the … More 7th day of the Six Nations
In honour of International Women’s Day BBC Four repeated the documentary from 2015 Imagine – Toni Morrison Remembers, where Morrison talks to Alan Yentob about her life and work. Imagine has broadcast several good documentaries this week following on from the Maya Angelou interview a few days back. I read Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel Beloved back … More Toni Morrison
Life is the only Frontier 