3089 days ago
It's not our own mad star gazing Patrick Moore who, apart from anything else, died four years ago, but the ex boss of Greenpeace who has seen the light. Praise the Lord! In this week's podcast with the colleagues of Amanda Van Dyke at Palisade Capital, a sinner repenteth.
3808 days ago
The steam is rising gently off the green fields of Oxfordshire and Berkshire as the 4.47 AM from Bristol speeds from Didcot and onto Reading. But for once I am not alone in my carriage and there is a strange smell.
I know that at Reading we will be joined by throngs of City folk heading into London. I will have to move my bags currently sprawled over three seats and the carriage will be filled with tap tap tap tap sounds as irrelevant messages are sent by one and all via blackberry and iPhone. For now I stare out of the window in relative peace, wondering why this land is so beautiful.
