I learnt of a death of a family friend today, I have reached an age when many people slightly older than me pass away.
Every day has to count for something. Every day has to mean something because time is so short.
I am Alan Booth, an ordinary British Man . I'm not one of the famous people that have the same name as me, just an ordinary guy. Welcome to my main blog, a true reliable record of history from the perspective of an ordinary man, a place filled with my thoughts; perhaps my thoughts will persist longer on here than in my brain itself. My twitter I.D. is @alspresso.
I noticed earlier today that some of the nations that were birthed from the horror of the Atlantic slave trade want Britain to compensate th...