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Who controls the narrative? We can all see the moment, as it happens, in slow motion, with BBC narative. Yet here is Trumps version: In a press conference officials claimed 'this woman commited an act of domestic terrorism'. Such is the extreme language of hate. She was a prize-winning poet and a hobby guitarist. "She… Continue reading Flood the zone

Going through old papers, clearing my metaphoric and physical desk, opening old draws, I find this anniversary: twenty years ago, 2006 January, completed the sale on Metfield Stores. It was one hell of a year. Not only the venture in to a village shop and all that rich tapestry of village life, but also the… Continue reading Metfield Stores at 20

Not even a year in office and the first Regime change - in Venezuela. A brazen assault not just on a sovereign nation, but on the “America First” agenda, oil first, a blatant resource grab. Barrels of oil is not all the same. Ed Conway on Venezualia oil. Who believes narcoterrorism as the apparant justification?… Continue reading Flood the zone – 11 months Venezuela

I am quietly pleased with this modest walk, 15K from front door to the sea, this year of feeling limitations of body. Through the start of the walk, all known paths, I noted the doors that are now closed, that physically I can no longer do. However, remembering a mantrra of Paulo Coelho recommended, I… Continue reading New year day walk – from front door to the sea

It’s been 3 years since I was here, and not walking a river system, free unencumbered by obligation of family (no mother father, husband, child). Here I am, in my adopted family at Maidens. We share familiar stories of our pasts, we know each others ancestors, Uncle John, Elspeth, Barbara making the brandy butter, now… Continue reading Maidens 2025

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A video record of the celebration of the life of John Macrae at the Cut Halesworth, December 2025. Made by Rachel in collaboration with Gill Hayes-Newington Music by Peter Maxwell Davies, Farewell to Stromness. Rights kindly wavered by Boosey and Hawkes for this personal use. https://videopress.com/v/jL26nuz2?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.files.wordpress.com%2FhhiBwm2t%2F2025-john-macrae-v3_mp4_std.original.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

I've not kept up with the mass of floods but this one reached deep lows. On the tragic death of Rob and Michele Reiner, by their son Nick 32, this is what Trump said: (Rob the remarkable film director, Spinal Tap, Princess Bride, Stand by me, When Harry met Sally) "Trump took to social media… Continue reading Flood the zone –

Act 1 - the monsters "The old world is dying the new world is struggling to begin. Now is the time of monsters" (Should I read Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibben? Think I'll stick to Evelyn Waugh) Today leaders of the shameless, the most culpable, the least scrupulous. eg USA -… Continue reading Reith Lectures 2025 -Dutch historian Rutger Bregman