IT WAS BEAUTIFUL in the Country today. I felt it regularly as I ran along the narrow lanes between those strong winds, cloud, sleet and snow;
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LOCKDOWN day 399,507 or so it seems and it’s just another week – but with one exception! My family had come up with the idea
EYES ON THE PRIZE should be the mantra of every individual who is concerned about the rise of nationalism in Scotland. Eyes on the prize.
AWAY FROM the course at Fort Leavenworth there was an awful lot of extra-curricular activity going on, much of it thanks to our civilian sponsors
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FORT LEAVENWORTH, was founded in 1827 and is situated on a strategic bend in the Missouri River – on whose banks you can still discern
I LOVE being a comedian. I travel the world, drinking free beer and sleeping as long as I want. But I’m throwing my endless adolescence
AH, WE ALL REMEMBER those newborn baby days don’t we? The cuddles, the newborn baby smell, the emotions, the puke, the lack of sleep. It’s
THERE I WAS, sitting at my desk in RHQ 4RTR in Imphal Barracks, Osnabruck, Germany, doing some bit of administration or other, when my phone
JUST WHEN you think you’ve got this parenting thing in the bag and you start to feel smug you’ve nailed the morning routine – your