Author Archive: Bob Massey

This is Tomorrow Calling

I guess it was a combination of the travel, the time and the exotic Dubai architecture but it occurred to me “we’re in the future”.

I’ve deliberately held back on posting this, but on Friday April 18th I was made redundant from lastminute.com I held back because I didn’t want to post anything in haste that I would later regret. Yes I feel angry, yes I feel that they stitched me up, and no, I wouldn’t use their services (particularly […]

Thank you for being a friend

Today we bade a sad farewell to Merlin, one of our Burmese cats. I know he was a good old age, nearly nineteen, and I know that the time was right for hime to go. His quality of life had recently deteriorated to the point where it had become evident that the time had come. […]

New Kid in Town

Ive been writing beer reviews for some time now for The Brewclub, under the name BobtheBrit and in all modesty my reviews are quite well received. Ive enjoyed beer since I was old enough to drink it (legally of course) and The Brewclub gives me an example to seek out unusual brews. Earlier this […]

Grey Cortina

This mornings newspapers suggest that the British motor industry, such as we still have, will require significant government investment if they are to survive the current business downturn/recession. Given the considerable sums already invested to ensure that the banking industry avoids a large and upleasant crash, such investment in the car industry seems inevitable. However, […]

Who are you?

Yesterday the BBC announced, in a blaze of media glory, the name of the actor who will take over from David Tennant in the role of Doctor Who. Were it not for the Israeli tanks moving into the Gaza Strip then it might have been the top story on the BBC News. I’m old enough […]

Storms in Africa

Remember you read it here first… December 2008. I dont profess to any great prescience, and dont necessarily aspire to be Robert Peston, but a couple of things have been troubling me lately, and I think theres some synergy. In the first place, the West has been seeking low cost providers for the past several years. […]

The Poacher

A few months ago I posted an entry commenting that my musings have made it to wikipedia, which I found quite flattering (the articles here if you missed it). Well this weekend I came across something that should be equally flattering but isnt. For the last couple of months Ive been writing beer reviews for […]

Things can only get better

Around the world a million bloggers are adding their opinions to the celebratory hubbub surrounding Barack Obamas election victory. Certainly its a tremendous achievement, and one that inspired a great deal of optimism. But then I havent yet spoken to a single American (and my circle of American friends is probably wider than most) who admit […]

Driver’s Seat

Anybody who knows me knows that Im really not into sport. My standard response to soccer enquiries is “I dont talk about football, I support West Ham” – and frankly my supporting West Ham is pretty close to genetic – both my parents hailed from West Ham, we lived close to Upton Park for a […]

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