A law unto himself: Professor Parkinson These are indeed strange and unsettling times. Such that they have resurrected thoughts of Parkinson’s Law, which famously stated way back in 1955 that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” Thanks to the demands of social distancing and self-isolation, vast numbers of the population are now finding themselves with more spare time than they have ever wished for. Yet, contrary to the professor’s dictum, many are struggling to fill these bonus hours. Suddenly forgotten are all those whines of yestermonth about there being insufficient hours in… Continue reading
Quiet contemplation with Nature as a companion THERE is something to be said in favour of being an introverted loner at times like this. While all about us fret and fume about the enforced home confinement wrought on their lives by Covid-19, the true loners simply plod on regardless. ‘What’s… 
NEVER fall asleep in bed holding a book and a hot drink. The book gets wet and you get woken very suddenly, and painfully. Lesson learned… 