Author Archives: theqbitblogger

Little did the blogger know when he was in the shawl that we were about to get a new Queen and that he would be around 70 years later to see the next King. Taken on the day of my christening , 1953, on the steps of the Brompton Oratory my mother proudly held me.Continue reading “Blogger in a Shawl”

I took my mother once to Epsom one of the homes of horse racing. She so looked forward to the trip and I wanted her to win. In the first race there were nine horses and I put £10 to win on each one. As the horse went by the winning post I searched forContinue reading “All bets covered.”

This May 2023 finds us in an uncertain world where ‘ what happens next is on everyone’s lips ‘Technologies are turning us around the next chapter in mankind in a world where so much has gone wrong yet there is so much hope and promise. The word ‘ maybe ‘ is no accident as itContinue reading “May , maybe , mayhem , may not.”

LVMH is a French Luxury Goods Company that owns brands such as Christian Dior, Moët Chandon , Louis Vuitton and Tiffany from handbags, to fashion, jewellery and Champagne. Yesterday the value of the Company surpassed $500 billion American Dollars around £400 billion British pounds or 450 billion euros. The push above 500 billion came fromContinue reading “$500 billion dollars”

Mist and morning fog do liftPivot point see the shiftSee clearly now the extent of riftThe gap between and get the drift Issues, problems take different sizeDiffering clouds in changing skiesDoesn’t look like it did last night The challenge change a different fight Perspectives change in the time that passAll things alter nothing lastsLike plasticineContinue reading “Mists and Fogs of life”

Much of what we see today just doesn’t stack up. Little seems plausible as leadership , institutions and so much generally accepted. I was brought up seeing the chimney sweep come to the house and lay out white sheets then with big sticks climb up the chimney. Thick black soot powdered everywhere and the manContinue reading “It just doesn’t stack up.”

In the run up to the Coronation and don’t call me nostalgic but worth reflecting on how time changed so much in 70 years since the last one. We start with the milkman who delivered that wonderful fresh milk off the side loading milk cart powered by battery with a 12 mile radius ( allContinue reading “Times Changed.”

At 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, become the first explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which at 29,035 feet above sea level is the highest point on earth. The two, part of a British expedition, made their final assault onContinue reading “Everest”

In his best selling book Josh McDowell details the evidence of the Resurrection. No one had ever returned from the dead , left the tomb ever and in no other Religion. As a young man an agnostic He truly believed that Christianity was worthless. However, when challenged to intellectually examine the claims of Christianity, JoshContinue reading “Resurrection”

When Christ cried out ‘ it’s finished ‘ His head dropped forward and died. At that moment the earth shook, darkness mid afternoon fell, the morning of violence over and the realization He’s gone. We have of course seen the box set series but those around at the time would have believed it was allContinue reading “He’s Gone.”