Maurice Greenham
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Colombia 2024
Colombia has fascinated me ever since I read Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Gabo) when I was studying Spanish A level at Stoke College. Marquez was a Colombian writer who, in 1982, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his novel Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years if Solitude). The fictional town of Maconda, which…
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November 2023
The Wider Picture The Russian war with Ukraine continues. Global citizens are reacting or shielding themselves from the news of the 7 October atrocities committed by Hamas against Israeli citizens and the massive military reprisals in Gaza. Home Secretary Suella Braverman, appears to be stoking unrest and discontent, undermining public confidence with the Metropolitan Police…
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August 2023
With 200 local new infections last week and new variants arriving…I decided not to tempt Providence by using the heading ‘Post Corona Chronicle’…this post is more of a quarterly review. If there were more hours in the day, I might write more frequently. It’s hard to believe that in my 80s I should be working…
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Corona Chronicles April 2023
Yesterday I had my spring Covid booster at Norfolk Street Pharmacy in Shelton. It seems that pharmacies have become the preferred method of delivering mass vaccination programmes. It makes sense, it must cost less, and it frees up GP’s surgeries to deal with the backlog of people seeking medical attention, some, no doubt, have put…
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Corona Chronicles January 2023
Happy New Year 2023 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023 It would be wonderful to consider a new year free from Covid, alas that isn’t so. Although numbers continue to decrease, there are still well over a million people testing positive. The situation in other countries varies enormously with perhaps China topping the list of biggest difference…
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Corona Chronicles October 2022
What a lot has happened since my last posting: we are in the midst of chaos in Westminster with the ousting of another Prime Minister, Liz Truss, who became the shortest serving PM with just 44 days in office. Boris is back from his Caribbean holiday ready to have another go. HiVitality (formerly NLTSG) celebrated…
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Corona Chronicles July 2022
Boris Johnson has submitted to pressure and has stepped down from the post of Prime Minister, however, he has appointed himself caretaker PM until his replacement is in place. This means he’s still at number 10 Downing Street. COVID far from fading away, has come back with waves sweeping the country. Fortunately, the latest mutations…
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Corona Chronicles May 2022
It’s the month of May already! Although all COVID restrictions have been ended by the Government, the latest variant of the Coronavirus is very much still with us. The Zoe COVID Study App has now been renamed ‘Health Study App’ because it is undertaking a wider remit to include other major health issues like dementia,…
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Corona Chronicle February 2022
Before I start beating myself up for not posting since September last year, I must remind myself that my focus of attention has of necessity been elsewhere. Take a look at North Midlands LGBT Older Peoples Group website for verification. The OLGBT Group is just one of my many commitments…but as I am its webmaster…
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Corona Chronicles September 2021
Octogenarian Hard to believe…but I’ve turned 80….Yeah! On Monday, Steve B arranged to have coffee with me at the New Vic…nothing unusual about that. However, when Steve met me outside the theatre, he steered me away from the cafe to the opposite end of the gallery. To my surprise and delight there was a crowd…
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