Welcome to the Hornet’s Nest
Hi, I’m Richard Seymour-Legge.
My friends call me
Dick. If you think Richard Seymour-Legge sounds elitist, it’s not at all. At
school, I was bullied because of my double-barrelled name. The other kids
called me Dick See More Leg, and they said it slowly and distinctly so that
everyone would think I was some kind of sneaky pervert.
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Richard Seymour-Legge |
We certainly didn’t live in a fancy part of town.
In fact, we lived in the poorest part of town. We had to scrounge for food and
old clothes. We were a big family and our dad left when I was only two, so I
don’t remember him. He was Jim Seymour-Legge, but I don’t know anything else
about him or his ancestors. Once, when I asked my older brother, Allan, he said
that Seymour-Legge came about because our granny had a leg-over, and that left
me even more confused.
We were dirt poor. A flash salesman came to our
door once and when he saw inside the house he changed his mind about trying to
sell us something, and instead asked for directions. As he turned away in his
flash suit that was bulging with fat, he farted, and for the first time ever,
we all got a smell of hot food.
Eventually, our mother couldn’t pay the rent any
longer, and we all got adopted out in different parts of the country. The
family that took me in didn’t have much idea of how to love and care for a brat
like me. I had to make it pretty much on my own. I left school and home at
fifteen, and after a couple minor scrapes with law, which we won’t go into here,
I eventually made good.
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A hornet's nest |
It was a hard road for a long time, but I worked
at many jobs, read everything I could get hold of, travelled when I had some
cash, and eventually got into my own business. But I’ve never forgotten what it’s
like to be on the wrong side of the tracks. It made me see many things differently.
It made me question things that others take for granted. It made me check
facts. It also made me unafraid to speak up and take a stand, even when the
majority may have a different point of view.
My latest venture is The Hornet’s Nest. It’s a
blog, if you like. On the Nest you
will find a smorgasbord facts and opinions on every subject under the sun;
politics, business, people, travel and tourism, world affairs, climate change, crime
and punishment, economics, welfare, literature, humour, history, and a host of
other topics to bring readers back to the Nest
again and again.
You may like to copy a link for future reference,
or comment on what you read. You may even be tempted to submit an article or
two for inclusion. Please tell your friends about The Hornet’s Nest, and feel free to share my posts on social media.
Remember, there is no better way to get folks thinking and debating important
issues, than to literally stir up a hornet’s nest.
So, welcome to The Hornet’s Nest, and I hope you enjoy your time here.
Regards
Richard Seymour-Legge.
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