JO BLOGS

Straight-talking reflections from home and abroad, on business, politics, health and sport

7 November 2024

I have never been much of a ‘women’s libber’. I believe that people doing the same job should be paid the same, whether men, women or...

9 February 2022

I know, I know, I know. What a pity to start back on alcohol after a whole January-free month, but sadly that is what I did, albeit only...

17 January 2022

Yesterday morning we set off back to Prague for a few days, leaving our house just after the announcement was made that Nole (i.e. Novak...

12 January 2022

Anyone that has been reading my blog over the last couple of years will know that two of the things that I am most interested in are...

14 December 2021

So we’re back in Marbs again. Leaving behind the snow and freezing temperatures of Prague and back to our Covid bubble of loveliness. I...

9 May 2016

My partner was born and brought up in Czechoslovakia under communism. Without going into too much detail since that is not the purpose...