http://www.wikinut.com/author~qloqr/Lewis-Adler/ I'm an independent author, freelance broadcaster, feature writer and occasional poet. My Wikinut articles reflect the wide variety of print-media subjects I've been covering over the past 30 years. en-gb http://img.wikinut.com/img/3xz8o08vtlc7addw/jpeg/preview/Author-profile-image.jpeg http://www.wikinut.com/author~qloqr/Lewis-Adler/ April 23 is St George's Day in England, but all is not well in "England's green and pleasant land" http://writing.wikinut.com/What-England-Means-to-Me/1v3v2ris/ http://writing.wikinut.com/What-England-Means-to-Me/1v3v2ris/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:29:42 GMT This is a follow-up to my article titled "Europe's Poor Relations?" http://writing.wikinut.com/A-Two-Tier-State-Pension/2f3_4dw3/ http://writing.wikinut.com/A-Two-Tier-State-Pension/2f3_4dw3/ Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:25:10 GMT Why are the scientific world and the Western media ignoring this British scientist's findings? http://health.wikinut.com/A-Sane-Scientist-Speaks%21/mxfkn1u_/ http://health.wikinut.com/A-Sane-Scientist-Speaks%21/mxfkn1u_/ Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:11:37 GMT So you think UK pensioners are doing nicely do you? Think again and read on. http://news.wikinut.com/Europe-s-Poor-Relations/3vg_49qc/ http://news.wikinut.com/Europe-s-Poor-Relations/3vg_49qc/ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:16:21 GMT All of a sudden I've hit the Wikinut buffers, and I think I've found a problem area http://reviews.wikinut.com/Forgotten-Your-Password/2_1csw66/ http://reviews.wikinut.com/Forgotten-Your-Password/2_1csw66/ Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:39:12 GMT In response to Mark's call for positive articles, this micro-poem is especially for anyone who thinks they've "lost" a loved one forever. There is no such thing as death, and no such thing as loss. http://writing.wikinut.com/I-m-Still-Here/3lkuxfjw/ http://writing.wikinut.com/I-m-Still-Here/3lkuxfjw/ Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:25:13 GMT WE all face challenges in our lives and we always have the choice to surrender to them, or fight them. In my book, surrender is not – and never will be – an option! http://writing.wikinut.com/Living-With-Disability/2v8_b-nz/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Living-With-Disability/2v8_b-nz/ Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:54:45 GMT The Mediterranean island of Malta has its charms, but our four-star hotel left a little to be desired. A very good excuse, then, for a tongue-in-cheek review. http://travel.wikinut.com/A-Happy-Holiday-Despite-the-Hotel-Horrors/1qb28a62/ http://travel.wikinut.com/A-Happy-Holiday-Despite-the-Hotel-Horrors/1qb28a62/ Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:54:38 GMT We may not be able to see or touch them, but you can rest assured we all have companions in spirit who draw close to inspire and assist us whenever the time is right. http://writing.wikinut.com/The-Shadow-of-Her-Smile/25o035ou/ http://writing.wikinut.com/The-Shadow-of-Her-Smile/25o035ou/ Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:35:21 GMT This is the sequel to my earlier tongue-in-cheek Wikinut article entitled "Country Living in England". http://family.wikinut.com/Town-Living-in-England/2bz74r99/ http://family.wikinut.com/Town-Living-in-England/2bz74r99/ Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:02:24 GMT I wrote this travel article and shot its accompanying photographs for a travel magazine assignment in the 1990s. Now, however, seems an appropriate moment to resurrect it for the benefit of Wikinut readers http://travel.wikinut.com/In-the-Footsteps-of-the-Cathars/1llv2g0v/ http://travel.wikinut.com/In-the-Footsteps-of-the-Cathars/1llv2g0v/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:30:48 GMT Miracles do happen! And sometimes it's the power of prayer at the controls. http://writing.wikinut.com/A-Christmas-Miracle/3831._.m/ http://writing.wikinut.com/A-Christmas-Miracle/3831._.m/ Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:51:27 GMT All the signs are that we're getting very close indeed to the coming Age of Aquarius. http://guides.wikinut.com/The-Age-of-Aquarius-Beckons/zps1sxfp/ http://guides.wikinut.com/The-Age-of-Aquarius-Beckons/zps1sxfp/ Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:53:30 GMT I wrote the original version of this poem in March 1990 and attached it to the flowers at my mother's funeral http://writing.wikinut.com/Never-a-Mummy-s-Boy-...-but-then/jpb4j4lh/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Never-a-Mummy-s-Boy-...-but-then/jpb4j4lh/ Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:45:24 GMT A preamble and a poem to celebrate the certainty of a return visit... http://writing.wikinut.com/Come-Again/2395t6mf/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Come-Again/2395t6mf/ Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:14:03 GMT It's not necessarily the big efforts we make in life that get the results. Sometimes the smallest nudge can trigger an avalanche of opportunities. http://writing.wikinut.com/The-Power-of-a-Snowflake/2s0i01xp/ http://writing.wikinut.com/The-Power-of-a-Snowflake/2s0i01xp/ Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:22:51 GMT Beautiful music conveys a message many miles that all is well http://writing.wikinut.com/Going-Home-%7E-A-Message-in-the-Music/2adpai_u/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Going-Home-%7E-A-Message-in-the-Music/2adpai_u/ Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:56:16 GMT Trust the tabloid media to blow it all out of proportion! http://celebrities.wikinut.com/Let-s-Keep-it-Factual-Please%21/3ow.ceel/ http://celebrities.wikinut.com/Let-s-Keep-it-Factual-Please%21/3ow.ceel/ Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:21:42 GMT It's a new word on me, but I guess it sums-up where we are http://humour.wikinut.com/A-New-Word-for-the-Western-World/3x_d0frb/ http://humour.wikinut.com/A-New-Word-for-the-Western-World/3x_d0frb/ Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:42:13 GMT Has Halloween been hijacked by big business? Do you have misgivings about the way Halloween has been commercialised? Here's a way of escaping those questions for a couple of hours http://writing.wikinut.com/Halloween-%7E-A-Little-Light-Relief/25jdow7z/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Halloween-%7E-A-Little-Light-Relief/25jdow7z/ Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:28:08 GMT Is life in the English countryside all it's cracked-up to be? http://writing.wikinut.com/Country-Life-in-England/15q1qepp/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Country-Life-in-England/15q1qepp/ Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:58:20 GMT How strange, yet appropriate, that a beautiful black cat should appear from nowhere to watch over my mother as her life ebbed away http://guides.wikinut.com/Can-Cats-Predict-a-Human-Death/3otza0ig/ http://guides.wikinut.com/Can-Cats-Predict-a-Human-Death/3otza0ig/ Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:28:27 GMT Better late than never! Here ... after a three month wait ... is part two of my Healing on the Air story http://writing.wikinut.com/Healing-on-the-Air-Part-Two/181g0c2e/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Healing-on-the-Air-Part-Two/181g0c2e/ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:51:02 GMT Somehow, I knew in my heart, the old maxim of "if at first you don't succeed, try, try and try again" would pay-off ... eventually http://writing.wikinut.com/HELLO-AGAIN-%21%21/fxsokjb7/ http://writing.wikinut.com/HELLO-AGAIN-%21%21/fxsokjb7/ Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:28:29 GMT The remarkable natural healing potential of music and the sound of the human voice conveyed on radio airwaves http://writing.wikinut.com/Healing-On-the-Air-Part-One-%7E-A-True-Story/3fjwz1ee/ http://writing.wikinut.com/Healing-On-the-Air-Part-One-%7E-A-True-Story/3fjwz1ee/ Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:05:56 GMT