Issue #13 - July 2025 Benoit's World News Hello Folks I should have published this a while ago, but instead I had to abandon my computer and mobile to take advantage of the good weather and reconnect with nature and the people I love. I don't feel guilty about it, and I even recommend it, but I am late by a few weeks. I hope you won't mind. Weather Forecast Glorious it was, is and will be! Up to 33 degrees Celcius in the UK in June, but if you think it's too hot, please spare a though for the...
19 days ago • 7 min read
Issue #12 - April 2025 Benoit's World News Hello Folks I hope you all enjoy the fabulous weather. Since I spent the last 5 months locked in, I've been basking in the sunshine as soon as the sun came out. But that made me miss the April's fool day to publish my newsletter. Damn! It's getting better... "I have to admit It's getting better It's getting better all the time..." These are the lyrics from the Beatles song "It's getting better" from the 1967 "Sergeant pepper" album. I'm singing them...
4 months ago • 4 min read
Issue #11 - January 2025 Benoit's World News Happy New Year! I hope you all had a merry Xmas and a happy new year. I have been off sick since late october hence the radio silence and the belated season greetings. I am truly sorry about my prolonged absence, but please read on… 2024 was the Year of the Dragon! 2024 was the year of the Dragon, the hottest ever recorded in human history as we officially broke the 1.5 degree increase in global warming. I have definitively tried my utmost not to...
6 months ago • 3 min read
Issue #11 - January 2025 Benoit's World News Happy New Year! I hope you all had a merry Xmas and a happy new year. I have been off sick since late october hence the radio silence and the belated season greetings. I am truly sorry about my prolonged absence, but please read on… 2024 was the Year of the Dragon! 2024 was the year of the Dragon, the hottest ever recorded in human history as we officially broke the 1.5 degree increase in global warming. I have definitively tried my utmost not to...
6 months ago • 3 min read
Issue #10 - October 2024 Benoit's World News Bonjour I did not write anything in august because it was too hot and wet. September was also too wet and too windy. In truth, I was chasing my tail, as always, trying to keep my band together and find some money somehow. I'm finally taking a bit of time to send my newsletter, packed with some good stuff, extra minerals and vitamins. Weather forecast Oasis have announced a series of stadium gigs, they have put their brotherly differences aside as...
9 months ago • 5 min read
Issue #10 - October 2024 Benoit's World News Bonjour I did not write anything in august because it was too hot and wet. September was also too wet and too windy. In truth, I was chasing my tail, as always, trying to keep my band together and find some money somehow. I'm finally taking a bit of time to send my newsletter, packed with some good stuff, extra minerals and vitamins. Weather forecast Oasis have announced a series of stadium gigs, they have put their brotherly differences aside as...
10 months ago • 5 min read
Issue #9 - July 2024 Benoit's World News Good day, Terrifying tales they are, but I also have fantastic news about fantastic music... more about this later. Many things have happened since I wrote last so I'll keep the introduction short and sweet... Weather forecast We've had a nice summer with 3 days of sunshine in June. I'm now looking forward to next summer. Economy Experts agree that my personal deficit is showing the biggest growth adjusted for inflation since UK records began in 1998....
about 1 year ago • 6 min read
Issue #9 - July 2024 Benoit's World News Good day, Terrifying tales they are, but I also have fantastic news about fantastic music... more about this later. Many things have happened since I wrote last so I'll keep the introduction short and sweet... Weather forecast We've had a nice summer with 3 days of sunshine in June. I'm now looking forward to next summer. Economy Experts agree that my personal deficit is showing the biggest growth adjusted for inflation since UK records began in 1998....
about 1 year ago • 6 min read
Issue #8 - May 2024 Benoit's World News Good day, It's been a while. I always promise not to spam my followers when they join the mailing list, but the truth is that I am struggling to find the time to write this newsletter. Not that I am busy being rich and famous, far from it: I have to constantly extinguish fires everywhere trying to make a living playing music despite all odds. But there it is, although little behind schedule. Weather forecast Dreadful. Economy Worse. 51, call it wisdom?...
about 1 year ago • 4 min read