IT WAS FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY
And to prove it, here is the book. An affectionate and amusing look back at the early 1980s through the prism of life as a first-year student at Britain’s smallest university. These memoirs reveal the shocking lack of mobile phones, internet and social media, through which we not only survived but thrived. Leaving Sheffield to…
Every upgrade makes things worse
Of course it does. That’s what they are for. You’re quite happy with your product or service, hence you won’t buy a new one. So, there’s every incentive to give…
Bad weather
The modern world of cutting edge technology that has required billions of pounds of investment has freed the economy of its vulnerability to the weather. Never again will our lives…
BAD WEATHER
It’s often said that in Britain we are not properly prepared for bad weather. Whilst there is some truth in this, there is a category of staff that has a…