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IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “A lot of people like cats. Take the Pope, for example: I read recently that he was a cat-oholic!” Milton Jones, comedian ●Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! Christmases were terrible, not like nowadays when kids get everything. My sister got a miniature set of perfumes called ‘Ample’. It was tiny, but even I could see where my dad had scraped off ...

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, ‘Jesus! This cup is expensive!’” Conan O’Brien, US broadcaster ●Read more about it: Thought for today ...

THE ISLAND NETWORK is stepping in to ensure that children abandoned by the Government will not go hungry this half term. The Network will be distributing food on the Isle of Dogs to children in need this week – the ...

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “If you want your children to listen, try talking softly to someone else.” Eppie Lederer, 1918-2002, US columnist, writing the Ann Landers column ●Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! I carry a knife now because I read in a white magazine that all black people carry knives. So I rushed out and bought me one.” Redd Foxx, 1922-1991, US comedian and actor ●Read ...

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target.”– Ashleigh Brilliant ●Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.” Bill Watterson, US cartoonist, author of Calvin and Hobbes ●Read more about it: Thought ...

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.” George W. Bush ●Read ...

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “Life begins at 40 – but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.” Helen Rowland, 1875-1950, US journalist ●Read ...