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Uncle Patrick and The Age of Elegance

By Alan Russell on Sun, 25 Feb 2018

Uncle Patrick used to arrive at my grandparent’s house on a Lambretta scooter with Aunt Margaret riding pillion in the early 1960’s. Lambrettas were...

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Sex and Marriage

By Alan Russell on Tue, 27 Feb 2018

Before I got married I lived by myself. Living by yourself you develop your own routine so that you know where everything is when you need it and...

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A 'Big Night' out on Jersey

By Alan Russell on Sun, 04 Mar 2018

About a week before Christmas when we were staying at St Brelades Hotel we had a spare evening together. Our immediate thoughts were that we had two...

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Bach's Pralidium Number 1 Played by the Jacques Loussier Trio

By Alan Russell on Mon, 26 Mar 2018

Since about November 2017 I have been going through varying degrees of stress and anxiety induced by work for the very first time in my life. It is...

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Childhood Easters

By Alan Russell on Sun, 01 Apr 2018

A very short piece on childhood Easters for this Easter Sunday morning When I was very young I found the concept of Easter very difficult to...

Fact Check - Switzerland and the EU

By Alan Russell on Sun, 01 Apr 2018

I don't very often get riled enough to write something as critical as this about politics and the use of social media as Omar quite often expresses...

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A Very Risky Venture with a Best Friend

By Alan Russell on Sat, 07 Apr 2018

A few years ago my wife bought me a taster course at the British Racing School based at Newmarket. I still believe that this was a highly veiled...

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A Journey Shared is a Journey Halved

By Alan Russell on Thu, 17 May 2018

On flights of any length if you are travelling alone and are lucky enough to pick up a conversation with the passenger next to you before take off...

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A Letter From Father to Daughter

By Alan Russell on Sun, 20 May 2018

I am in the final stages of clearing out my parent's home inradiness for sale. Today, Sunday, I found a an envelope of letters and below is a...

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An Eyewitness Account

By Alan Russell on Tue, 22 May 2018

Introduction My Grandfather’s name was Theo Janku. He was born in Czechoslovakia and trekked across Europe before World War I. On his way he learnt...

The View From The Ground by Martha Gellhorn

By Alan Russell on Sun, 10 Jun 2018

This book was a birthday present from my wife back in early April 2018. She may have regretted buying it for me couple of times as it almost achieved...

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The Shipping Line Clock

By Alan Russell on Wed, 15 Aug 2018

When I was clearing out my parents’ home I inherited a wall mounted clock set in a dark wooden case. I know the back story of how the clock arrived...

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The Kindness of Strangers

By Alan Russell on Sat, 25 Aug 2018

I first became aware of this phrase when I was given a copy of Kate Adie’s autobiography entitled ‘The Kindness of Strangers’. She chose the title to...