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Fear Is A Virus

First of all, don’t give in to fear. It causes stress which plays havoc with your immune system for starters. I’ll begin with some actual verifiable science. According to PHE (Public Health England), “The average number of influenza deaths in England for the last five seasons, 2014/15 to 2018/19, was 17,000 deaths annually. This ranged […]

Happy Palm Sunday

It’s been a funny week; two weeks into the lockdown and the initial confusion/giddiness of people who suddenly have a lot of time on their hands seems to be morphing into the depression of people who have a lot of time on their hands but find themselves trapped indoors. The memes and jokes are decreasing […]

Nil Desperandum Auspice Deo

We survived another week, hurrah and huzzah. I was going to leave off blogging for a while but seeing as I still have the privilege of going to work everyday, I thought it might be useful to give you a snapshot of what is happening on what is now seriously called the frontline without eliciting […]

Are You Skanking?

How bizarre is it to see so little traffic on London roads at the moment? Moseyed on down from Chiswick to Brixton (supermarkets are for amateurs at the moment, get thee to thy nearest farmer’s market) and it took all of 40 minutes. Unbelievable. Last night was really quiet on the streets but today there […]

It Was The Best Of Times…..

Absolute bedlam at work today. I didn’t help myself by spending the first five minutes ranting and raving about the entirely useless leadership of the Church of England. I can’t believe they are shutting down churches, no wonder the pews are emptying. Churches stayed open for the first and second World Wars but they are […]