by Andy Dodd | Jul 19, 2015 | On My Mind, Travel
The first time I heard about the Tour de Hertford, a 350 mile cycling fundraiser across the rolling (and sometimes not so rolling) hills of Lancashire and Yorkshire, riding a bicycle was the last thing on my mind. I was just out of hospital after knee surgery and my...
by Andy Dodd | Jul 19, 2015 | Arts, On My Mind
Chris Squire, the bass player from Yes, who died last month after a short illness, was my musical idol. I like a huge range of bands and different genres, but Yes have always been the constant. They were the soundtrack to growing up during a period characterised by...
by Andy Dodd | Jul 8, 2015 | Extemplo
Overheard on the plane. Conversation between an elderly British couple returning home Him: (reading Daily Mail article, heading “Briton gored by half ton bull”) Did you see this? This bloke was gored and trampled on by a bull. Her: It’s a disgrace....
by Andy Dodd | Jun 30, 2015 | On My Mind, Politics
In my previous two posts in this series, I’ve looked at George Osborne’s invoking of Victorian values as the bedrock of his economic strategy for this Parliament. I’ve questioned whether this is a necessary or even practical approach to solving the social and economic...
by Andy Dodd | Jun 21, 2015 | On My Mind, Politics
In my previous post, I looked at the question of whether a return to the fiscal rectitude of Victorian values was needed. I concluded that it wasn’t and owed more to that eternal right wing objective to permanently shrink public spending rather than any exigent...
