Alive & Twitching

I have just got round to watching the Downton Abbey Christmas Special which, although corny, I found enjoyable and an improvement on much of the second series. However, there seemed to me to be an obvious flaw in the plot. read more »

My wife and I went to see Arsenal at the Emirates twice between Christmas and the New Year. Each time there was a supporter in our vicinity who was frequently shouting obscenities. read more »

Just before Christmas four of Santa’s elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones and Santa began to feel the pre-Christmas pressure terribly. read more »

I am setting out below a helpful email received from Catherine Prycie of Verbal Identity containing some tips on increasing your Internet speed. read more »

I took my elderly father to a shopping mall recently to buy some clothes. read more »

Two friends are fishing near a bridge. read more »

I am acting under a Lasting Power of Attorney for an aunt who is suffering from dementia and no longer has the mental capacity to handle her own affairs. This is time-consuming and can, on occasions, be stressful, particularly when having to endure the approach taken by various organisations in their interpretation of the Data Protection Act and money-laundering regulations. Let me give three recent examples. read more »

A doctor who had been seeing an 80-year-old woman for most of her life finally retired. read more »