In this week’s Eyecatching Words:
Shamima Begum: evil or abandoned?
The next government: A bitter inheritance or a golden opportunity?
Islamophobia? What’s that then?
Trident: Faking it
Lord of the Rings cosplay
The millennium bug - 24 years later
Bollocks to that
The last seven days and how to get over that feeling that you are an insignificant speck in the face of an uncaring universe.
7 Days, The case against Trident, Steep in Hampshire, and Yorkshire
In addition to a look back at the world over the last the week I will also be talking about the global threat from pigeons, and how a pineapple can accidentally enhance your sex life.
This week’s main feature is a reflection on maleness in an age when gender and attitudes towards it have never been more fluid and, to some extent, have never been more controversial.
Smuggling sand, Artificial Intelligence, Get Ready for War, It's not 1997, Flashback, and Capturing the Moment
45 years of travel condensed into 20 minutes. Everything from Copenhagen drug dens to meeting Bill Bryson on a train.
Carpe Diem. Easier said than done as this account of one day in my life shows.
Find out how I coped with over-enthusiastic pet food salesman, mad cats and a world gone crazy. Explore the myth of the randy milkman. And share my fantasy of being served beer by a former Colombian gunslinger whilst he wears a sparkly pink dress. And listen to a fab piece of music with a message.
Lessons in falling over. Dutch masters and 20th Century heroes. The Post Office scandal and how it could get worse. Trump's frontal assault on democracy in the US. The mouse that tidied up. Kitchen appliances with personalities. Mavis, Mammouls and the Middle East. And Elvis Costello.
Being happy in sad times, Time Shelter, and the ghost 1970s Christmas Past
Christmas, beer and pagan cheer
Looking back at 2020 and the collapse of the high street, Delulu as a way of life for Generation Z, and the benefits of talking to strangers
500 year old ships, Christmas Markets, Thanksgiving, Caterpillar Soup and a pyramid dismantled.
As well as an extended look back over the last week on a personal and global front, my take on the end of a 42 year NHS career.
As well as an analysis of the news, three features and a wonderful layout from Diana Ross
An in depth look at the news with a lonely sheep, Donald Trump, and Israel / Gaza; plus a conversation on three greats of British writing, Johnson, McCauley and Shakespeare. Oh and a bit of Madonna.
Israel / Gaza; Oops there goes another icon; this year's love letter to London; AI standup and more.
Who is really running the world and are conspiracy theorists just part of their plan? Is Iris from Morpeth right or does Wes Anderson have the answer?
The Loch Ne=ss Monster, Graduation day(s) and getting bolder as you grow older
A stream of consciousness view of the week and the latest on.
the forthcoming apocalypse
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This week's episode looks back at the sixties through the photographs of Paul McCartney, recalls the year that Trump got elected through the eyes of his supporters, and uses the wisdom of Stephen Covey when planning the future. Plus a great dance off to finish.