HOLMSEY: Goodbye dad
IW Observer.co.ukIn an ideal world, those we love would never suffer; in an ideal world, those we love would go on…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Winfall for the public?
Boris and Rishi have become the Laurel and Hardy of British politics. By now even the most carefree person with…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Holiday hardships
It wasn’t so long ago that working people didn’t take holidays and, with inflation at 10 per cent, they may…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Keeping up with the news
My holiday to America was over all too soon; just moments after departing Heathrow, I was back, to join the…
Read MoreQUIGGERS: I’m ferry worked up!
Due to an unforeseen incident in aisle 11 of the Croydon Sainsbury’s, Mr H is still away. The good news…
Read MoreQUIGGERS: The energy conundrum
‘The David’, as he is known on some parts of his desk, is indulging in his love of extreme sports.…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Parenting is tough!
All parents worry, but when Anthony Minghella won his Oscar for The English Patient, I told my kids that growing…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Paying tax is for the little people – not them!
It’s pretty common in the funeral business to have a family name over the door, even if the original owners…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Where’s the banker?
Whatever happened to Kevin; why did they get rid of him? When I opened my first business account at the…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Unrequited love…
We’re all heading back to the 70s, says the Governor of the Bank of England, but don’t fret; it wasn’t…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: The NHS: frustrating and shambolic, but life-saving
As the horrific assault on Ukraine has been unfolding, I’ve been a bit distracted, not totally keeping up with the…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: The outlook’s grim
I hate to be gloomy but, if you hadn’t already noticed, our economy is in serious trouble. Like all nations,…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: If they can do it…
Years ago, I supplied funeral vehicles to TV production companies; it was interesting and paid well. One day, I took…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: A manufactured bruhaha
On the very day our Westminster politicians were being unusually statesmanlike, here, the council’s budget meeting descended into farce. Up…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Alternatives to road police!
We’ve all been driving around the Island for years knowing that, unless we did something really stupid, it’s highly unlikely…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Confessions of a master criminal
Despite my criminal past, three times in my life I have assisted police officers when the person they were arresting…
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