ON HEARING THE NEWS..

It`s turning out to be a long, long winter - the longest and coldest since our first son was born 50 years ago come Sunday.  And so we`ve been on the lookout for anything that will raise the spirits, bring some much needed relief and revive us with some good news.   And as you can see from the celebrations shown above, it has come with the news that Posh Spice, aka Mrs. Beckham, has finally announced that she will not be singing any more.

She found fame, fortune and Mr. Beckham via the commercial vehicle of the Spice Girls some years back when they collectively assaulted our senses with the contrivance of `girl power` and a succession of hit records.   What is not so well known perhaps - and I have this on good authority from someone in the business who should know -  is that those hit records were largely the result of literally weeks of tinkering by studio sound engineers in order to bring some order and harmony to the warbled proceedings. 

So, on hearing the news that Posh`s singing career is finally at an end, I found it difficult to stop myself wondering whether it ever started.  But I must resist being curmudgeonly for I am forever grateful for small mercies.