Where did this word ‘woke’ come from?  Let’s hear what Huddie Ledbetter a.k.a. Lead Belly had to say on the subject…
Smallholders and garden farmers give animals names. And once named, eating them becomes, well, tricky.
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The Grasshopper is often asked about the rules in England pertaining to busking.  It takes a fair amount of digging to find out...
At the very start, The Grasshopper stated that one of the high themes of this blog is the freedom of individuals to act and say as they think, without…
If only one or two businesses start thinking holistically for a change, customer service could rise from the grave.
This whole business of understanding what on earth these Net Zero geeks are banging on about is like green onions.
The government has done an embarrassing U-turn again, this time on amendments to the environment bill. Where does that leave certain MP's who should…
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The Grasshopper has just finished the first draft of his new novel! Of course, it’ll never be published, because it’s w-a-a-y too far-fetched…
How many more hidden treasures are Historic England locking away?
Announcing the launch of a new Substack newsletter from the author of The Grasshopper
The Grasshopper wishes glædelig jul to all his readers.
The Grasshopper has always thought the drum-buffer-rope method is worth knowing about. It can cut down stress in life – perhaps it IS life!