The Silence is Deafening

On 11th September 2001 I gave my one year old daughter her lunch and idly watched Neighbours. The short BBC News music came on with breaking news (for years afterwards that theme gave me chills) and showed footage of the World Trade Centre in New York. Over the course of 90 minutes I watched in … Continue reading The Silence is Deafening

The Storm Clouds are Bursting

Once I was travelling to Aldershot from the West London area and from the M25, in the distance towards the right, where sometimes a glimpse of Windsor Castle would appear, I could see the sky was a solid dark grey with thick cloud although above my head was blue sky. As we continued driving it … Continue reading The Storm Clouds are Bursting