Aboard Dar Młodzieży, Poland’s national sail training ship, during her weekend call at Douglas.
A gift of youth
Grand National day at Aintree
Watching the National from the Lord Daresbury roof, then an unplanned bonus day in Liverpool.
Gotta catch ’em all
Raiding the Pokémon pop-up at the Natural History Museum, then an Island collectors’ fair finishes the job.
Titanic and St Patrick
St Patrick’s Day in Belfast, a warm welcome at Ark Lodge, and two Titanic souvenirs banned from the boat.
Anarchy in the IOM
John Lydon on the Island: my mother reliving her era, my girlfriend none the wiser, and me somewhere between.
Dinner at Mansion House
The International Bankers’ annual banquet beneath the chandeliers of the Egyptian Hall, with toasts, venison, and a carpet guard from HMS Belfast.
Minutes from 1599
From Benidorm to Edinburgh by first class train, for the oldest lodge in the world and a reply to the visitors’ toast.
Benidorm out of season
Mark Masons in the tallest hotel in Europe, port at the secretaries’ table, and lunch in Altea.
Fuel poverty is real
I was very fortunate to be given the opportunity to speak on Manx Radio yesterday, 09 November 2021, about some of the work the Manx Benevolent Fund has been doing, particularly over the past year. One of the main areas of assistance we currently seem to be dealing with, is fuel poverty. It is particularly … Continue reading Fuel poverty is real
Lockdown; a time to reset
Towards the beginning of January however, it became clear that the virus had once again taken hold in our community, and that it had further decided to join in with our Christmas revelling, evidently trying to attend as many social occasions as it could. As a result, our Government made the tough decision to once … Continue reading Lockdown; a time to reset
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