So, be careful what you wish for. I always wanted to retire by the time I was sixty. So here it is today and here I retire. Strong sense of déjà vu about the whole thing. When I went to Manchester University forty years ago, sudents were occupying the administration. Now I’ve retired they’re doing the same thing. Right on, as we said then.
Anyway, after 35 years of pretty disgraceful hacking on low-grade tabloid newspapers I remain I a die-hard socialist and delighted to see that students are still rebelling. I seem to remember a chairman Mao slogan saying it’s always right to rebel - one to post at Tiananmen Square perhaps, as well as all the other places.
Where was I anyway. Yes, not much change - Vietnam victory, apartheid victory, collapse of Soviet Union, end of British industry, Thatcherism, rise of Islam, computers Internet, and the death of Fleet Street.
So for a gentle rambling retirement blog, the main interests are: the motor of history, the London-Portsmouth road, Arsenal, Pompey, Greek islands, the South Sea Bubble and was one of my uncles responsible… suppose I’d better organise a party.
Anyway, after 35 years of pretty disgraceful hacking on low-grade tabloid newspapers I remain I a die-hard socialist and delighted to see that students are still rebelling. I seem to remember a chairman Mao slogan saying it’s always right to rebel - one to post at Tiananmen Square perhaps, as well as all the other places.
Where was I anyway. Yes, not much change - Vietnam victory, apartheid victory, collapse of Soviet Union, end of British industry, Thatcherism, rise of Islam, computers Internet, and the death of Fleet Street.
So for a gentle rambling retirement blog, the main interests are: the motor of history, the London-Portsmouth road, Arsenal, Pompey, Greek islands, the South Sea Bubble and was one of my uncles responsible… suppose I’d better organise a party.
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