September 2025

🎤 Talking to the Oldies

I’ve now given my talk to an expensive local retirement home. Amazingly, they stayed awake and only one needed help using the loo. I managed to speak up and only fluffed my diction a couple of times. I’d hoped to sell a few books, donating the proceeds to the Green Shelter Run Club; unfortunately, no sales materialised.

🍺 Talking with the Oldies

Two days later, I was invited to make a podcast with TimeTable London at the Golden Lion, a local Romford pub. The team have devised a winning format and has attracted well-known guests from around the capital. Following that august company was daunting, I needn’t have worried it seemed to go fairly well.

🩺 In praise of the NHS…and the Spire private hospital

Five days ago, I underwent a procedure to correct an inguinal hernia. If this post has been delayed, well, this is my excuse.

🐶 Our little dog’s birthday

A few months ago, I didn’t think that with his heart condition, he would make this milestone. Reaching his 10th birthday has only been possible thanks to the expertise of our vets who specialise in cardiac conditions.

📺 I Fought the Law

Sheridan Smith deserves a Bafta for her portrayal of Ann Ming, a mother who fought for over 15 years to overturn the double jeopardy law – the genesis of which go back to the Magna Carta – after her daughter’s murder in 1989. With the acres of drivel on television, sometimes a little gem gets broadcast.

📅 September’s posts and pages

Most read post – The Green Hut Run Club
Most read page – The Knowledge

📈 Last month’s statistics

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