Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
Today is the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade in the British Empire. It was designated as a Day of Resistance and Remembrance with events all over the country, including one at the British Museum. I am volunteering at the museum this year – currently I am in training to lead [...]
The NSW State Election is tomorrow (Saturday 24 March) and it’s truly a choice between Dumb and Dumber. The Labor Government is incompetent and arrogant. The Premier, Morris Iemma, inherited the mantle from the popular and competent Bob Carr pretty much because there was no one else. The government benches seem to be filled with [...]
I arrived back in London this morning – unfortunately slightly too late to see my boy before he headed off to work this morning so I need to be patient for another few hours. It’s a beautiful sunny day outside but it’s bloody freezing!!! About zero degrees, I believe. So much for the early spring [...]
Today was the 75th birthday of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. As my little sister said, every time she caught a glimpse of our second most famous landmark*, “happy birthday Bridgey!”. Since my parents live close to the harbour and we were walking to one of the parks down on the water, this was a fairly [...]
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