Wonderful thing the internet. The KhanĂ‚Â Academy anyone? As promoted byĂ‚Â BillĂ‚Â Gates.Ă‚Â A clever New York financier had an epiphany and hasĂ‚Â established a series of free on-line educational seminars in subjects across the spectrum. It is brilliant. A website for the worldĂ‚Â with the important and nobleĂ‚Â goal ofĂ‚Â spreading educationĂ‚Â and a must forĂ‚Â any parent dubious of theĂ‚Â sausage factory education we…
A rare thing this week in the Holland household when the entire family watched and love a TV show. No not Sherlock but Splash – watched on catch-up TV which comes without adverts and begs the question, why does anyone watch anything in real time on any channel outside the BBC? On all realities shows,…
Today I am taking the Holland boys to a real football match. The mighty Brentford entertaining Port Vale at Griffin Park. When I was a kid, IĂ‚Â didn’t miss a Brentford home game for five years or soĂ‚Â and its about time my boys eyes were opened to footballĂ‚Â beyond the Premiership. My twins support Arsenal and Tottenham…
It’s free today – and relevant to any people who have been with this blog since the start. I’d be delighted if people come to the book – and if so, please leave reviews on amazon,Ă‚Â elsewhere and let others know about this offer who think might fancy a little bit of escapism. Here’s the link…
This beingĂ‚Â a new year – and I am busy completing my fourth novel which I hope toĂ‚Â finish shortlyĂ‚Â – and I am keen to generate an expectant readership for it byĂ‚Â harnessing the power of the net (something I should have done years ago)… SoĂ‚Â I have finally figured out with Amazon how to make one of my…
This is a new thing I am going to try out – and it is thingsĂ‚Â that people, particularly politicians always feel they need to say… how brave and extraordinarily hard working theĂ‚Â emergency services are inĂ‚Â any event in which they are calledĂ‚Â upon. how when someone passes, they will always be missed. It is always the life…
Okay, so how much more rain can we take? This is a question that almost everyone isĂ‚Â asking, me included. But my greatest hardship due to the rain is the fact thatĂ‚Â my local golf course is shut.Ă‚Â I know, it’sĂ‚Â awful… And like most people I am fixated by the pictures of our inclementĂ‚Â weather. I can’t imagine anything…
This being a brand spanking new year -Ă‚Â I am fully resolved to posting more regularly here, updating and re-launching this website and generally being more pro-active in this new year – the start of a new era in the life and career of DH… People. Can you feel or at least share my pain? I…
Happy new year everyone. 2013 was something of a remarkable year for me – albeit mostly on account of my progeny. 2013 was a normal year for me but for the fact that my eldest son had three films released and completed filming another one which will be on your screens in 2015. So a…