Tome Update

I’ve had a very nice letter from Sir Derek Morris, Provost of Oriel College, thanking me for sending him a copy of Vol I. He says he will put in it their Library – with Vol II – when I get it finished. He also says that he will arrange to visit our little school [...]

Eccentrics

The world has never been changed by ‘normal’ people – think of Ghandi, da Vinci, Che, et al.  It’s probably a good thing not to ‘fit in’, something I wish I’d known when I was 20.  I’d have been a damn sight more weird. Anyway here’s a funny story from the Yorkshire Post :  there’s [...]

New Year’s resolutions

What are Disgraceful Rider’s resolutions for 2009 – well I’ve been giving it some thought.  I want to continue my ambition to be the most outrageous senior citizen in our village, which won’t be hard believe me. Most of my contemporaries want a quiet life, fading into their twilight years whereas I want the exact opposite.  [...]