World Affairs | Fifty Four and Counting

The UK General Election 2024 – we’re about to have change!

CountriesfiftyfourandcountingJuly 3, 2024

I’ll remember 2024 with despair! In all my years, I have never been undecided about where I will cast my vote. The Conservatives have blown their goodwill under Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. There have been five Prime Ministers over a decade, a pandemic, a war in Ukraine that affected energy prices, and an experiment…

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IsraelfiftyfourandcountingOctober 9, 2023

Israel – Two sides of a war and I know which side I stand on

Humans worldwide are faced with terrible news from the Middle East about an area so soaked in complex history that communities…

CountriesfiftyfourandcountingMay 6, 2023

Long Live the King! – 6th May 2023 – The Coronation of Charles III

Saturday 6th May 2023 King Charles III’s coronation took place at Westminster Abbey with all the pomp and ceremony we would…

World AffairsfiftyfourandcountingOctober 29, 2022

Incredible! Who would have thought it?

It’s hard to believe that in 2022 the world would feel upside down. So much has happened in the past few…

World AffairsfiftyfourandcountingSeptember 8, 2022

A Huge Moment in History, a Great Loss for a Nation and the World

I was born in 1961, and I’ve never known any other monarch than Queen Elizabeth II. But what does that mean?…

HealthfiftyfourandcountingJuly 17, 2021

The truly shocking truth about getting COVID

You’ve been ever so careful for 17 months, avoided this virulent disease through social distancing, mask wearing and hand washing ..…

CountriesfiftyfourandcountingJuly 12, 2021

To be British means you’re not racist

So finally in July 2021, the Euro 2020 football cup final has finished and Italy are crowned champions. The whole country…

For GrandpasfiftyfourandcountingAugust 6, 2020

Being the Grandfather I never had

I never knew either of my grandfathers, both sadly died before I was born in 1961. My father’s family were from…

CountriesfiftyfourandcountingApril 4, 2020

You’ve gotta laugh!

During the Pandemic of 2020 and during the lockdown, increasingly I have received from friends and family humour to help through…

CountriesfiftyfourandcountingMarch 29, 2020

2020 Global Pandemic, is this really happening? Thank Goodness for the NHS!

Panic buying, people die-ing, the army on standby, schools and shops closed, self-isolation, hardship and all because of a virus disease…

HealthfiftyfourandcountingMarch 22, 2020

Isolation or Useful Time?

With so many people isolated in their homes during the global pandemic, many will start to go stir crazy. But this…

HealthfiftyfourandcountingMarch 22, 2020

Mother’s Day – But not as we know it!

Such a special day for Mums everywhere today. It’s a time when children and grandchildren all over the world tell their…

HealthfiftyfourandcountingMarch 21, 2020

CoViD-19 – Mental Health Issues

It’s not surprising, nor an understatement, to say that during this global pandemic none of us is quite sure how this…

HealthfiftyfourandcountingMarch 19, 2020

STOP Panic Buying – SIMPLE, If you can’t carry it, you can’t buy it!

Panic buying is a primitive instinct. It’s a survival thing that we all do. If we see something is about to…