Persephone Newton-Williams was born today at around 7.10pm. She and her mother are healthy and happy.
Persephone
Jun 22
World Cup
Jun 9
The world cup is almost upon us!
Do you have your time mapped out?
| Day | Date | Time | Fixture | Channel |
| Friday | 11 June | 3pm | South Africa v Mexico | ITV |
| Monday | 14 June | 12.30pm | Netherlands v Denmark | ITV |
| 3pm | Japan v Cameroon | BBC | ||
| Tuesday | 15 June | 12.30pm | New Zealand v Slovakia | BBC |
| 3pm | Ivory Coast v Portugal | ITV | ||
| Wednesday | 16 June | 12.30pm | Honduras v Chile | ITV |
| 3pm | Spain v Switzerland | BBC | ||
| Thursday | 17 June | 12.30pm | Argentina v South Korea | ITV |
| 3pm | Greece v Nigeria | BBC | ||
| Friday | 18 June | 12.30pm | Germany v Serbia | BBC |
| 3pm | Slovenia v USA | BBC | ||
| Monday | 21 June | 12.30pm | Portugal v North Korea | BBC |
| 3pm | Chile v Switzerland | BBC | ||
| Tuesday | 22 June | 3pm | Mexico v Uruguay | ITV |
| 3pm | France v South Africa | ITV | ||
| Wednesday | 23 June | 3pm | Slovenia v England | BBC |
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iPad Carnivale
May 28
So, the Apple iPad is here. Yes, that means BHG must live in Europe, Japan or Australia, each of whom commenced sales of the new device this morning. Typically for the launch of an Apple device there was a carnival atmosphere outside most physical stores and plenty of excited customers met their postie at the door this morning, just in case he came bearing gifts in white boxes. In some instances he did not, but those isolated cases aside there are a number of people around the world charging up, plugging in and logging on through these glossy new machines. But what are they for? Read the rest of this entry »
UK Budget Cuts
May 24
As a person employed by the Public Sector I clearly have an interest in the spending cuts which are already arriving from the new Coalition government. Reviewing the outline plans announced an hour ago raises an ugly question. What was the previous government doing? Read the rest of this entry »
Shame
May 20
There something about riding on the tube. Not sure quite what it is; something clearly felt but never properly perceived. The symptoms, or effects (to steer clear of making it sound like a problem) are quite evident. They include, avoiding the eyes of others, an intent interest in publications which only a waiting room could make interesting and a strong desire that one could make one’s journey alone. Read the rest of this entry »
Election Morning
May 7
Normally this sort of this would be about wrapped up by now and all of the morning papers would be carrying the details. Instead the UK Parliamentary election is ongoing! Read the rest of this entry »
Easter Break
Apr 3
It would be remiss of me were I to say nothing about Easter over the Easter weekend now wouldn’t it?
Purpose
Apr 2
There is no such thing as a perfect parent. One of the first things a person might learn upon becoming a parent is that they could have paid more attention at or attended school. That they are not tidy enough, that they are not ready, that they need to be more responsible. These things are clearly relative. Some people are very responsible, some people are tidy, some people paid lots of attention in school Regardless, it wasn’t enough. Children seem to merit a level of care and attention that can be strived for but never really achieved.
Recant
Apr 1
Just before the year turned I set myself a goal. A new year offers a host of opportunities. Clearly it makes no real difference whenever you set yourself a new goal but most would agree that the new year is a particularly popular time to review progress and determine how one might advance oneself in the 365.25 days to come. Daily blog entries seemed like a reasonable objective, experience has shown that it is not quite the truth.
Catch 22
Feb 26
Poor Yossarian! Read the rest of this entry »
