A Miscellany from Deepest Kent

I may be in a minority but every ten years I find it interesting to pore over the population figures when the census results are released. I...

  19th July 2022 I started typing this on the hottest UK day of all time (again!) and with temperatures topping 40 degrees centigrade for th...

So far 2022 has been shaping up no better than 2020 or 2021, with the TV news increasing your likelihood of driving to the nearest cliff and...

"I think love lyrics have contributed to the general aura of bad mental health in America"  - Frank Zappa It  will soon be Februar...

When everybody was chanting 'It's coming home' at the recent Euro football competition I didn't realise they were singing ab...

UPDATED JUNE 2021 So, England is going for a third crack at a full blown lockdown, cos the other two were just great weren't they? To pa...

[Last updated Dec 2023] Introduction to the Town The town of Ashford is centrally located in Kent and twinned with Hopewell in the US...