HOLMSEY: Prostate and planning updates
Isle of Wight Observer“I’m pleased to tell you, it’s not cancer.” The consultant sounded chirpy, almost as if he’d cured me. Breaking bad…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Whatever happened to the Saturday job?
I don’t remember anyone complaining that President Obama invaded Pakistan to grab Osama Bin Laden. Once captured, Bin Laden was…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Sometimes we don’t realise how lucky we are!
We shared some of our grown-up kids with their partners’ families this Christmas. Those giant get-togethers of years gone by…
Read MoreMICKEY’S MUSINGS: Death, grief and why can’t we be more private?
“Die, my dear? “Why that’s the last thing I’ll do! I intend to live forever, or die trying.” I smile…
Read MoreMICKEY’S MUSINGS: The nation’s farmers fight back
My late father had a line he adapted from Groucho Marx: “I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Oscars and Grammys – we can do it!
In 1996, Anthony Minghella lifted his Oscar. I told my kids, “If a boy from Ryde can do that, you…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Covid wasn’t the first scare story
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and according to the costly Covid inquiry, 23,000 lives were lost because Boris failed to…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: How’s your driving?
A third of us think that driving standards in Britain are bad or very bad, another third think they’re only…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: They all lie to us…
The total world population is 8,191,988,453, which is around one per cent higher than last year. The still-increasing number of…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Who are the victims?
Most patients are eventually released from Broadmoor Hospital; however, they rarely return home directly. Despite its fearsome reputation, the average…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Prince Andrew: From hero to has-been
Speaking in 2018, disgraced former Minister, Jonathan Aitken, said that the former Duke of York should “wait for the public…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: My great-great-grandfather – a man of the sea
I’m fairly certain that my kids couldn’t tell you my grandmother’s maiden name – Wells. I can still name her…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Wight Bid or Wrong Bid? Where’d our tourists go?
Tourists are an absolute pain in the backside, aren’t they? They clog up the roads and take all the best…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Dancing to the same old tunes!
When I talk to friends, family or colleagues, it soon becomes obvious that politics and politicians make us all miserable.…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Papers, please? I’ll pass…
I’ve always resented being asked to show my passport when checking in at a European hotel. They don’t do it…
Read MoreHOLMSEY: Trying to hold on
I try not to get cross about the world’s injustices. I certainly don’t see the point of the IW Council…
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