Today we have the story in the Sun Online about the british girl who turned to the police for help after allegedly being raped by a hotel waiter. But because she wasn’t in her home in England but in Dubai it turned out to be maybe not the wisest decision in the world. For now [...]
The Germans seem to have a reputation abroard for being a very busy and serious people. They are famed for their apparent lack of humour and their inability to laugh about and make fun of themselves. It is said in the UK that whereas the english work to live, the Germans live to work. A [...]
After the tragic suicidal death of German international goalkeeper Robert Enke, there has been talk about postponing the international against Chile on Saturday. The press conference is due to take place anytime now, but I will wager that the decision will be to go ahead with the game as planned. A decision I think is [...]
The outcry over the detention of director Roman Polanski by fellow filmmakers, politicians and other people around the world is intolerable in my eyes. For God’s sake, we are talking about a person who has been convicted of drugging and raping a 13 year old girl, a person who has admitted his crime, a person [...]
Leslie Harvey 1945 – 1972 Member of the 27 Club sunsetcowboy2000 is my AOL name and has been since I joined the Internet Community. But where did I get this name, who in fact was the Sunset Cowboy? Sunset Cowboy, as you can see from the right sidebar is a song, a song dedicated to [...]
A few weeks ago on the occasion of a school reunion, I managed to get back to my home town Batley for a few days. I’ve managed to get there quite a bit over the last few years, but I have seldom got out and had a look around town. This time was different. Meeting [...]
Despair for Germany as their entry for the European Song Contest 2009 in Russia plumets to the 2oth spot from 25 songs. The optimism that was evident before the European Song Contest turned to despair, as Alex Swings, Oscar Sings failed to catch the imagination of the Europeans and the Jury, leaving Germany wondering what [...]
The above photo from Flicker is not from a Batley match, but it might well be. It sort of illustrates the plight that my home town is in as far as rugby league is concerned.
In the midst of the economic crisis in the dark and gloomy 70s I finished school and made a decision that would shape my life forever. Faced with the somewhat difficult job situation in West Yorkshire
