The Teddy Bears’ Picnic

I feel we have been misled. Before moving home, we tried to paint an accurate picture of the house and its surroundings, to make sure there would be no surprises. A previous blog post identifies that we failed miserably. However, I at least presumed that we would be moving to a quiet neighbourhood. No-one warned us that we would be treated to a daily rendition of The Teddy Bears’ Picnic. I’m certain that had we known, we could have haggled another couple of hundred off the asking price.

Question 17 and a decennial event

An event that occurs every ten years makes it special in itself, falling somewhere between the Olympics and the appearance of Hayley’s Comet in its rarity. This is when a nation unites behind its love (or hatred) of statistics. This is when we all sit down, pen in hand, to complete the Census.