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I have not written about this much but I am taking an increasing interest in the town of Frome, population 28,500 as of 2021 as it is more analogous to my social and cultural needs than Midsomer Norton where I currently live. By the way, the name 'Frome' comes from the Old British word ffraw meaning fair, fine or brisk and describing the flow of the river. My view is that Frome is not far away...

Saturday morning and nothing planned for the day. Raining but promise of sunshine later on so once again I followed my instinct and decided to go to Frome.  In a way you are walking towards nothing but I know myself well enough to know that things will feel in a magical way. We first went to fill up with petrol at the Asda store which traditionally is the cheapest in the area but it was 149.9 ...

My good and long standing friend came to stay with us for a few days and we discovered that he has traded his hybrid car for a pure battery car. It is a lovely thing to drive. Basically it is a battery on wheels with no engine. At the lights, you can rocket off and leave the other cars standing. It has all the electronic whistles and bells and you can see how your reverse parking is doing on an...

with thanks to @DavidAtherton20 and @LozzaFox. The Mayor of London is a Muslim The mayor of Birmingham is a Muslim The Mayor of Leeds is Muslim The Mayor of Blackburn - Muslim The mayor of Sheffield is a Muslim The mayor of Oxford is a Muslim The mayor of Luton is a Muslim The mayor of Oldham is Muslim The mayor of Rochdale is Muslim All this was achieved by only 4 million Muslims out of 66...

Every day I read the conservative woman which is an internet publication edited by Kathy Gyngell.   Every Sunday she writes a week in review. This week so epitomizes what is going on in the UK and indeed elsewhere that I thought I would reproduce it in full for publicity purposes and at the same time encouraging you to subscribe (see link below) I have taken the liberty of adding illustrations....