"The Mortgage Inquisition" Daily Mail Tuesday 22April 2014 This was the headline screaming from the pages of every newspaper, of every political hue alongside the world shattering news that David Moyes had been given the heave-ho. (I don't think that with a £10 million pound payoff the 'mortgage inquisition' is going to have much effect on his house-buying ability). For weeks, if not months, we have...
April 2014
and think. Today, which is for many the most holy of holy days - celebrating the resurrection of Jesus who gave his life for us - a parable may be drawn with life in general. Whilst millions the world over celebrate the very essence of their faith, that of God sending a saviour to redeem mankind from Satan's grip, many others see Easter merely as an extra few days off work; a pagan orgy of chocolate...
...have come to a conclusion that the end of the world is nigh at hand." James Emerson Tennent's Letters from the Aegean, 1829. The Celtic theme is rather timely as this week we see Alex Salmond a hopping and a trotting at the SNP Spring Conference in Aberdeen. Closer to home (for Mr Salmond at least), would be Private Frazer of Dad's Army fame, whose line, "We're all doomed, doomed I tell ye" had...
Those of you who have followed the blog for a length of time will know that here at Cheshire and Co we have an avid interest in the possible pitter pattering of tiny panda feet. If you are raising an eyebrow, look at some of last year's blog posts. Giant panda Tian Tian, who resides at Edinburgh Zoo, would seem - according to the experts - to be ready to get romantic with the zoo's male panda, Yang...
