Posts in category Michael Watts

A press release is generally a statement of what is going on, or at least how the party issuing the …

To us wordsmiths the English language is a beautiful thing, a kaleidoscope that changes subtly all the time to suit …

You have to have a Killer Number. I once spent a chill Autumn day cosily ensconced in a more shabby …

OUT AND GONE Back in the day when I was a student you could have bought a half ‘un and …

By Michael Watts MRCVS They called it The Private Shop and, with its windows covered from floor to ceiling with …

It was not the best of times. It was not the worst of times. As another year dawns it seems …

“Happy Holiday” the Politically Correct brigade want us to say now I’m told. Call me old fashioned if you like, …

My glass is seldom half full. I don’t do blithe optimism or blind faith. My comfort zone is generally towards …

The human race is an opinionated and argumentative bunch of individuals in my experience, incapable of agreeing on almost anything …

They must be divils for punishment, those open coursing types. Hare populations are under relentless pressure from intensive agriculture, with …