20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1988
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1988 Featured Album: Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select [more…]
Arts
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 22nd April 2021 Panel: Douglas Ross (Conservative) Anas Sarwar (Labour) Keith Brown (SNP) Willie Rennie (LibDem) Lorna Slater (Green) Venue: Edinburgh If British politics is a Westminster village then Scottish politics is a [more…]
Animals
Cnuteneering, Part Fourteen
Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in: Part [more…]
Arts
This and next …..
It was a fine Thursday evening as Mr. and Mrs. RC were out for their daily perambulation as permitted by Reichmarschall des Grossdeutchen Reiches Johnson. They were discussing arrangements of when relatives were to visit. [more…]
Arts
Gardening & Walking In A Pandemic (Panacea For Mind & Body)
A quiet time in the greenhouse just now, the frosts just keep coming and I’m loathe to put the tomatoes, as healthy as they seem to be, in the cold frame just yet. I have [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Fifty One
Myself and Davies are two dots in the landscape running along county roads from Sleescale to a neighbouring town. Occasionally, we take short cuts across farmer’s fields. The weather is cold. So cold that the [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1987
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1987 Featured Album: Deacon Blue – Raintown This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 15th April 2021 Panel: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative) Rosie Duffield (Labour) Xand van Tulleken (TV Presenter) Geoff Norcott (Comedian) Ayesha Hazarika (Labour Commentator) Venue: London This week, all of the panellists and Ms Bruce [more…]
18th Century
A Walk in the Past
Ey-up miduks, as they say here in my adopted city. This ramble all started with a day off. A Friday, to be precise. It was no particular Friday, and there was no particular reason for [more…]