Monthly Archives: January 2012

Battered Bride

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Ralph Oswick

You may have read in last week’s Chronicle that I have started a service which helps nervous fathers of the bride to hone their wedding speeches. Not only is dad’s speech the first of the day, they probably have never … Continue reading →

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Coincidences

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Ralph Oswick

A Cambridge professor has set up a website dealing solely with coincidences. Now I’m a person to whom coincidences occur regularly. For example, I was walking along a completely deserted mile-long strand in Tobago with a pal. Suddenly in the … Continue reading →

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Henry VIII

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Ralph Oswick

We were playing ‘My most embarrassing moment’ the other day. In my case, rather too many moments came to mind. Two of my best/worst happened in Hamburg. In the fist I was playing Rasputin in a musical. For some reason … Continue reading →

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Shopping Horrors

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Ralph Oswick

One of the joys of having a senior citizen pass on my particular route is that on reaching the city centre and finding it mobbed, I can stay on the bus and continue free of charge to the dizzy heights … Continue reading →

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