GAIL Trimble is currently the subject of much chatter amongst the chattering classes.
She's the 26 year old classics student who led her Corpus Christi College, Oxford, team to triumph in the final of BBC television's University Challenge quiz (before they were disqualified because one of the team was no longer a student by the time the final was held).
Personally, I find nothing more enjoyable, after a hard day's work, then to sit down with a newspaper. The feel of real paper in my hands and the sound of pages turning, soothes me quickly. But of course, the words jumping off the page, espousing information, ideas, and viewpoints are what I'm really after. And the newspaper always delivers. I continue to seek out an assortment of them, so that I can devour them. I love holding a treasure-trove of words in my hands. I love tearing out pages that intrigue me, to store them in old files or folders for later use in my writing. I just love newspapers!
To "be a Brit different," travellers in the know are encouraged to experience the culture, diversity, food and drink, and fall in love with the Heart of England. Although the region is known worldwide for its famous literary genius, William Shakespeare, the area also has lesser known treasures such as a pub hop by canal boat, a local food and drink festival, a trip to a monkey forest, a fine china making workshop, among other experiences.
Economies rely on a degree of overconfidence. There is a gap between present realities and future expectations without which there would be no enterprise, no investment, no credit, no commerce, and no currency. However, at a certain point, the disconnection between reality and expectation becomes too great, and there is a need for a readjustment. Recession is that readjustment.
NO, I don’t want any fuss, it’s nothing special, let’s just treat it as a normal day. That was my firm assertion to my wife as my 60th birthday approached.
GRUMPY Old Men is the title of a BBC television programme which allows well-known middle aged men to talk about issues of modern life which irritate them. It subsequently led to a spin-off series, Grumpy Old Women.