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I have seen Zeppelin live nine times. Firstly just before one Christmas at the Ally Pally. Then five nights in a row over two weekends at Earls Court. Both Knebworths. And because a friend of mine could pull a few strings with Bill Curbishley I got tickets for me and my brother for the...

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I have mentioned before how Mrs P is a bit of a cat magnet when we walk around our area. On the way home from Lee station this lunchtime this little beauty rushed out to greet (us) her with much talking, and followed half way down this road, on and off walls with loads of friendly and...

This was before the referendum. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-36587809

Yeah, I suppose speaking the truth is sometimes funny because the unexpected can be a fundamental of comedy, and to the deluded the truth can be unexpected.

Leave as voted for is yet to happen because there is a wide open land border with the EU with no controls. People who voted leave will dismiss that reality as not relevant to something something sovereignty and hating ‘foreigners’.

In their system what is the threshold for a jury failing to agree? Could it be three of the twelve? You only need one to acquit because he is America’s boyfriend, one to acquit because of how they regard the health insurance industry, and one to acquit because they have been got at Soprano’s...

I suppose it might be a minor part of this debate, but it might be worth considering whether being educated is the same thing as being qualified (in terms of exam results/grades). The difficult bit is you can’t say somebody is definitely learning, but how much and how well is a secret. I taught...

Cream. NSU.

The VAT for a private business like Pure Gym against the non VAT for private schools is where the conversation ought to sit. The conversation about the nature of education and socialising is different. And it is complex and difficult and contradictory. Mark Twain observed that Tom Sawyer and...

Depends what you mean by, or look for in the concept of 'best'. My nephew has just started his first job after University. It is in central London, and he starts on £45k a year. He was obliged to go to his sixth choice secondary school at age 11. A very undesirable (hence sixth choice) all boys...

Isn’t part of all this simply about equality between private businesses. If ‘Pure Gym’ has to pay the vat, then why not private schools?

This initiative might mean that now is the time to reflect on what society means by, or wants from, what it calls ‘education’. As one example, is carrying around a load of knowledge in the head, that exams test, education? You can find stuff out more or less instantly these days using...

What is the ‘excellent’ education that is supposedly delivered at private schools? It is exam results, not ‘education’ in a thought out sense. Smaller class sizes help teachers get on the case of individuals more, and the kids make an effort because their folks are paying for it hence they are...

Loving the updates.

Epona, they don't yet know it, and may not always show it, but two very lucky cats have arrived to live with you. Have fun.

Buster the talking cat from down on the corner said a quick hello today.

Bollocks to all the musical snobs. Personally I like anything that is done with commitment from whatever band or singer in whatever genre provided the music is, well musical I suppose. I like those who can play their instruments well and who can deliver live. Everybody’s personal favourites is...

I am not sure if this is a good idea or not, however I once knew a teenage girl who told me what she did (a shame she felt she had to do it) but she went to self defence classes. Gosh it was interesting. She outlined how jabbing men in the eyes, heel of the hand hard under the nose, grab squeeze...

Epona it has all been said. Not only can you reflect on a wonderful shared experience with Jakey, and Sonic and all your previous cats, but you share help and knowledge with total generosity in this little cat loving community. I hope you don’t find it unfeeling for me to suggest you strongly...