Your heart is as strong as your Dad’s

Your heart is as strong as your Dad’s Get skinny Here is a story that adds to the evidence that your father’s heart history may have bearing on yours. DNA inheritance is a factor. Good news is that diet and...

Boots on the ground weather report from London

The foul are showing signs that the snow is about to fall, and they are waiting.

England is a big place, and weather varied - Is it snowing?

Last week I wrote about a snow storm hitting Wales. Did it happen? Maybe in Snowdon it snowed. I have boots on the ground in London so I know what’s happening there. It is cold, for certain. I have...

The latest on Syria: The Massacre in Homs

The Massacre in Homs, Syria of anti-government protestors sparked a protest at the Syrian Embassy in London. By the end of next week, the UN will act, ordering President Bashar al-Assad to leave office. If he...

Dear Queen, please remove English ivy

Dear Queen, please remove English ivy While you have your shovel out and feel like working in the yard, we have a few thousand acres of English ivy to dispose of here in the “Colony.” " “Hedera...

London’s Olympic Housing Crunch

Late to worry Boy, it sounds a little late to me to be worrying about where to put people this summer. That is just around the corner. One would have thought that more hotels and apartment buildings would have...

Transport chief says 'go down the pub' to ease Olympic congestion

Commuters should go to the pub after work to avoid inevitable travel disruption during the Olympics, London's transport chief said today. The unlikely advice to hit the bar during the Games came at the launch...

Starbuck’s Drive Thru’s invade UK

So anti-British, so un-Downton Abbey This is as about as good an idea as Dunk’n Donuts expanding Americans’ waistlines. First, there will be traffic backups if the idea is successful. Then, there will be hot...

BAFTA Nominations 2012

You could consider the British Oscar, as with the prelude to the Oscars with the Golden Globes, just to present the nominees for the BAFTA 2012 or what is the same, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts...

Lighten the load on rubbish disposal

Levy heavy for dog droppings In the USA, we have rubbish recycling like in the UK. Depending upon whether you live in private residence or an apartment or condo building, there are rules for separating the trash...

Scotland potential breakaway sparks call for reorganization

Secession fever At a time when collaboration, consensus, and convergence spell greater efficiency in government, Scotland wants to break away. Wales First Minister, Carwyn Jones says that if the Scots have a...

Brit Awards Nominees 2012

The events to deliver prizes in all fields of culture continues its pace and this time it's the turn of the Brit Awards to be held at the O2 Arena in London on Tuesday February 21 and is broadcast live on ITV1. ...

Boris vows to fix London's roads and build new Thames tunnel

Boris Johnson today promised to fix London's roads if he is re-elected Mayor - and build a new Thames crossing within ten years. In his first firm pledge in the battle for City Hall, he vowed to plough millions...

V for Vendetta-we need more V's.

  I really love the movie, V for Vendetta. Not because it is necessary the greatest movie ever made but because of its' central message. Its' theme of opposition to tyranny. Braveheart expressed this same sentiment with the Scots opposing the English invading and...

Full Steam Ahead For HS2 Rail link Despite Criticism

The UK Government has said it will work to minimise the negative aspects of a new high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham as it gives the controversial project the go-ahead. ...

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