My mind focused on what I might have for tea – an omelette? some minced beef? – I put my key in the lock. It refused to turn. I took the key out and examined it, then tried again. Still nothing. “Am I on the right floor?” I wondered. I was. I rang the doorbell. No response. I knew my friend was in – he had messaged me to say he was going to sleep early – but surely he could not sleep through this barrage of rung bells.
Hungarians, along with their Polish neighbours and, I believe, the Serbs, have not been seduced by the entryism and wokus pokus which are steadily dismantling West World.
Will they hold out and show us a way out of the progressive quagmire which we now inhabit?
I do hope so, especially given their many experiences of invasions, territorial disputes, totalitarianism and repression.
What a delightful article. My brother visited from Canada, where he can see multiple similarities with the UK in terms of distrust, depression and aftermath of deep trauma. The result is a lethargic mass, apparently unable to do the basic things and drifting whilst debt piles ever higher.
This article proves that humanity can pull through.
My small town is becoming shabbier by the day: gull mess everywhere along with dog deposits, empty shops, decaying buildings and herds of the increasingly obese , ambling along the cracked pavements.
The shops that do remain consist mainly of beauty salons, a tanning establishment ,charity and coffee shops ,a Turkish barber and what I think is an Albanian car wash.
Potholes are everywhere and we now have electric council vehicles and the first local electric bus.
Dear Jane, I can appreciate apparent decay is upsetting and depressing to see. However, we need to act to keep what remains and to recover what has ben lost. I think back thirty years - and this still happens in more select areas - the 'standard'. It meant there was an expectation by others on how we behave, and so in essence respect for our fellow citizens. Once respect is destroyed, it is difficult to see how anything can be saved.
Hungarians, along with their Polish neighbours and, I believe, the Serbs, have not been seduced by the entryism and wokus pokus which are steadily dismantling West World.
Will they hold out and show us a way out of the progressive quagmire which we now inhabit?
I do hope so, especially given their many experiences of invasions, territorial disputes, totalitarianism and repression.
What a delightful article. My brother visited from Canada, where he can see multiple similarities with the UK in terms of distrust, depression and aftermath of deep trauma. The result is a lethargic mass, apparently unable to do the basic things and drifting whilst debt piles ever higher.
This article proves that humanity can pull through.
My small town is becoming shabbier by the day: gull mess everywhere along with dog deposits, empty shops, decaying buildings and herds of the increasingly obese , ambling along the cracked pavements.
The shops that do remain consist mainly of beauty salons, a tanning establishment ,charity and coffee shops ,a Turkish barber and what I think is an Albanian car wash.
Potholes are everywhere and we now have electric council vehicles and the first local electric bus.
Dear Jane, I can appreciate apparent decay is upsetting and depressing to see. However, we need to act to keep what remains and to recover what has ben lost. I think back thirty years - and this still happens in more select areas - the 'standard'. It meant there was an expectation by others on how we behave, and so in essence respect for our fellow citizens. Once respect is destroyed, it is difficult to see how anything can be saved.