Sean Haffey

This last weekend my current wife (still Colleen in case you were worried) stayed in a pleasant hotel in Wiltshire, playing bridge. As we we...

Last November, while my diesel car was in intensive care for a few weeks, I decided to buy an electric car.  Since I wanted the best one, I ...

Let me start off by saying I voted Remain in the Brexit referendum.  My opinion has not changed, although today I have some reservations t...

I was hugging my beloved eleven month old grandson and enjoying the experience when he pushed away from me and dived over the arm of the s...

"Hello" smiled the conductor, stepping off the "down" train. "The sleeper train is running two hours late." ...

I feel virtuous, at least environmentally. I have solar panels on my home.  I walk on any short trip (a couple of miles or less).  I rec...

This may seem an extraordinary question to ask.  Indeed, the CEO, Mark Zuckerburg, comes from a Jewish background.  But ... A few days ago...

Too Good to be True WOW! Because it's their 55th birthday, [fill in name of grocery chain here] is giving away vouchers with £60!  It e...

In the 1970s, Air Rhodesia included venerable  Dakota DC-3 aircraft in its fleet. Due to the way they flew in tropical heat, they were often...

Well, I thought, for a holiday why not get on a cruise ship around the Canary Islands? Mrs H agreed with alacrity, which is always a warni...

I was minding my own business this morning, grazing peacefully on a piece of toast and between bites sipping the one caffeinated coffee that...

"0-320mph in under four seconds", said our taxi driver. He was about six feet tall, with a walrus moustache and beard but the si...

Should I stay or should I go? Much is being made on social media of the hard line positions taken by Conservative candidates for par...

Playing Chicken In the fable of Chicken Little, the animal is hit on the head by a falling acorn.  Being a naive pessimist, he runs aro...

I voted to remain with a heavy heart.  My sons were keen on Remain and, given another EU referendum was unlikely to happen for decades if ev...