Herry's Journal

Go on, stop on By Michael Grey There could, I was reading the other day, be something of a societal change taking place as we emerge from Co...

Morrie Schwartz was a Brandeis sociology professor who di ed of A.L.S. in 1995. While he was dying, he had a couple of conversations with Te...

St James the Less, Litchfield memorial to Price Philip Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, died on Friday 9th April 2021, aged 99. His death p...

There is a small change of style at Old Swan House - simply by letting the grass at the end of the orchard grow long and planting bulbs - da...

Many Trump supporters still think that he can be reinstated. As if there is some protocol for reinstating a past president in this country. ...

The old aristocracy of Europe, the dying embers of which glow faintly in the monarchies of the West and whose blood dilutes itself in far-fl...

CERN - another huge user of electricity Soon - much sooner than anyone realises - one of the biggest issues we will face will be the price o...

  The City of London seen from Tower Bridge.The Tower is not part of the City. The City of London is unique in being the only area of any ci...

I first arrived in the City when I began working at Thomas Miller in October 1967, and remained there until May 2006 when I retired. Until 1...

 This post is about doing stuff in the garden, rather than showing the finished job.  The grass garden with most of the grasses taken down. ...