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I was born in 1962 at 11 in the morning interrupting an otherwise good cup of coffee.
Since then I have moved home and career and now live in a particularly nice part of England.
Outside of the work environment my main passion is writing. To date I have completed

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Food & Drink > Bread & Baking Recipes Recipes: Biscuits: 14 of 25
Now this is going to be a bit contentious but I have included my (almost) world famous cheese straw recipe here. Please try it and moreover, enjoy them with a dip of your choice or on their own. Ingredients Plain flour Butter Salt Parmesan or similar hard cheese 1 medium egg, whisked You will need: Baking trays Pizza cutter ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Global warming: Environmental effects: 21 of 37
If the weather we in the UK have experienced this summer is anything to go by then climate change looks set to last. The excessive rain has flooded rivers, washed out bridges, destroyed homes and taken lives. The financial cost to repair the damage is still being counted as the poor weather continues. Insurance premiums will... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Do human rights exist in the US?: 15 of 25
Because you live under the governance of an executive that does not overtly suppress what most people would consider basic requirements for human life means that you should be assured that your rights are being upheld. I think it only natural for US citizens to think that their rights are absolute; carved for all eternity in... More..
Food & Drink > Cookware & Cutlery Best kitchen gadgets: 9 of 15
There is a saying that goes, one man's meat is another man's poison' and I think this adage is most appropriate when it comes to filling your kitchen drawers and cupboards with things'. A nice copper fish mould is a wonderful thing to hang from your wall but how often are you ever going to make a salmon mousse for one hundre... More..
Food & Drink > Liquors & Spirits The best brands of cider: 6 of 10
As a resident of Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire I feel compelled to stick my penny's worth in here. Whilst I applaud Ian Usher's comments about Weston's I am going to stick up for the small independant producers based on farms which have littered the Welsh Marches for centuries. I am happy to report that there has been a trend f... More..
Food & Drink > Cuisine & Food (Other) What would you improve about fast food (menu, service, packaging, anything...)?: 21 of 33
Fast food does not necessarily have to be bad food. What I would change then would be the emphasis on producing healthy fast food and avoiding the rubbish that is usually served. All the fast food chains know that you, the consumer, will eat any amount of protein, fat and carbohydrate as long as it is dressed up with plenty ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Children's Literature Great movies that used to be great children's books: 16 of 24
With such a wealth of material to choose from it is not easy to say which my favourite is, or anyone else's come to think of it as the choice is so personal. But I will nominate just a couple. First off has to be Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Ian Fleming is of course remembered more for his fictional hero, James Bond than any oth... More..
Food & Drink > Seafood Recipes Recipes: Crusted prawn: 2 of 3
Spicy prawns and noodles Here's a very quick and simple dish that takes less than ten minutes to prepare and cook. The quantity should be enough for two main servings or four starters. Ingredients 12 raw and shelled Tiger Prawns 1 crushed clove of garlic 1 chopped fresh chilli 1 inch/2.5 cm of root ginger, coarsely chopped 6... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Historical fiction: 38 of 56
It was very hot at three o'clock in the afternoon of September the first 1935 and Captain Bernard Baker D.S.O. (retired) was occupying one of two wicker chairs on the lawn of Brockenhurst Manor. Although he was in the shade of the great horse chestnut tree he was still uncomfortably warm. So much so that he was actually cons... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center Should a global climate agreement hold the US to a higher environmental standard than the rest of the world?: 60 of 86
It is very easy to point a finger at the bully in the playground, and this is definitely the case when it comes to environmental issues. It is therefore, due to conspicuous and arrogant consumption, that the United States finds its self an island in a rising sea of extended digits. So then, is this epithet deserved? More imp... More..