Chris Simpson write-ups
Hi everyone, We just received this update from Chris Simpson. Great to receive such good news! 😀 “Firstly, thank you for replying on my behalf to the many people who expressed good wishes to me during my stay in hospital.… Read More »MESSAGE FROM CHRIS SIMPSON
It is a saying in the English language (in itself a polyglot collection of aphorisms and sayings) that the natural elements of our world can in their very existence present a truth and shine a light into the dark corners… Read More »TIME AND TIDE (wait for no man)
Born April 21st.1926. Died 8th. September, 2022 at Balmoral Castle Sleeps at the George VI Memorial Chapel. Windsor. Queen Elizabeth the Second departed this life after a reign that spanned some epoch making changes not least the jackboots of the… Read More »CHRIS SIMPSON REMEMBERS QUEEN ELIZABETH II
From left: Chris Simpson, Glen Stuart and Lyell Tranter The news of Lyell’s passing continues to haunt me. His contribution to the beginnings of Magna Carta is immeasurable and it shaped the way the road was to run for the… Read More »CHRIS SIMPSON REMEMBERS LYELL TRANTER
As you probably know, in a few weeks from now, on July 13th, Chris Simpson will celebrate his 80th birthday! If you’d like to congratulate him about this fact and would like to leave a message for him, you can… Read More »CHRIS SIMPSON’s 80th BIRTHDAY
Chris Simpson remembers Paolo Giorgi (on the right), who passed away on March 21, 2022. Time and tide waits for no man… No matter what, the old adage still holds true. In the current debacle across the world with wars… Read More »In loving memory: Paolo Giorgi
Chris Simpson writes: Most people, when they meet up, in these turbulent times, comment on how they are so badly used by life and politicians in particular, and what on earth is the world coming to? The answer is… Read More »WHAT NEXT?
It is, of course inevitable that ‘man born of woman hath but a short time to live’. At times it has always seemed that the Rolling Stones may well go on forever, be it through the intervention of the dark… Read More »CHRIS SIMPSON REMEMBERS CHARLIE WATTS
Don Everly passed away a few days ago. His brother, Phil had preceded him by a number of years. Don came into the world as Isaac Donald Everly in Brownie, Kentucky, 1st February 1937. Phil, who was ever ‘the baby’… Read More »DON EVERLY. REST IN PEACE.
Andrew Jackson just has to be one of the most remarkable souls that ever entered the orbit of my world, and anybody else’s for that matter. It was a kind of mutual regard for many things from fine wine to… Read More »ANDREW JACKSON. R.I.P.