Culture

Sheds

19th March 2018 Colin Cross 0

As I get older I find myself, more and more, thinking about how different life was in the 1950’s and 60’s and also how, through the eyes of a child, things seemed so very simple. [more…]

I explained in the previous chapter how I arrived, through the medium of horticultural injury, at my unusual title for this collection of comments and ramblings. My demise at the hands, or should I say [more…]

Postcard from Taormina, Sicily

9th March 2018 Going Postal 0

May 2017 Taormina was the venue for the G7 attended by the various world leaders and as I watched I remembered my holiday there. It was 1980 and we booked a fortnight knowing nothing of [more…]

This Septic Eye, Ch 1

6th March 2018 Going Postal 0

Uncannily, like weapons of mass destruction, both infirmity and senility can also frequently be only 45 minutes from deployment. Spurred on by the obviously frail condition of one or two of our regular contributors I [more…]

A Journey to Burnley

10th October 2017 Shibusa 0

“Civilise the mind but make savage the body” the old adage has it. A simple principle, and one that I feel has served me well since commencing reading voraciously with exercising nearly 20 years ago. [more…]

Some Stabbings Are More Equal Than Others

27th September 2017 Katabasis 0

The latest so-called “hate crime” has once again shown up just how worthless our press are. Despite all evidence to the contrary, they have gone with the narrative that it was a “stabbing”. The victim [more…]

On the Fringe at The Fringe

12th September 2017 Katabasis 0

After an absence of six years I finally returned for my annual Edinburgh Fringe holiday. In the past I went religiously every year prior to taking on my doctorate and whilst I missed going for [more…]

Visit To A West End Musical

9th September 2017 Going Postal 0

[FACT] Coming from a family with an ancestral musical heritage I was taught to appreciate all types of music and although I can’t hold a note or play an instrument, unlike other members of my [more…]

Porcelain

5th September 2017 Going Postal 0

Porcelain, in many ways, is an ideal material for making sculpture, strong, light and is both amenable to colour and beautiful just as it is. It will not, however, resist thermal or mechanical shock. Treated [more…]