20th Century
A History of Pop Music – Albums 1982
Featured Album: Madness – Complete Madness This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year and the [more…]
Arts
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 11th March 2021 Panel: Mims Davies (Conservative) Steve Reed (Labour) Victor Adebowale (NHS Confederation) Dan Hodges (Journalist) Bonnie Greer (Writer) Venue: London As every Puffin knows, this is the week of international women’s [more…]
Arts
Rough Gardening In A Pandemic. This Seasons Plan
There always has to be a plan. Whether or not it’s a plan that will be carried through, that’s another matter, but plan this season there is. A large part of it is based on [more…]
America
Film Review : Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Blake Edwards’ 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s — loosely based on Truman Capote’s 1958 novella of the same name — was a showcase for Audrey Hepburn in her acting prime. (Ironically, Capote championed giving the [more…]
Arts
Confessions of a campsite courier, Part 3
Il jouait du piano debout C’est peut-être un détail pour vous Mais pour moi, ça veut dire beaucoup Ça veut dire qu’il était libre Heureux d’être là malgré tout Il jouait du piano debout Il [more…]
America
Always Worth Saying’s Oprah Meets Meghan Review
Oprah Meets Meghan and Harry 7th March 2021 Contributors: Oprah Gail Winfrey (Media billionaire) Racheal Meghan Markle (Actress) Harry Wales (Retired Army officer) Venue: Montecito, Near Santa Barbara, California. Lights. A bleaching brightness covers the [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Forty Five
A Queen’s Messenger had called through the night with a letter. Unhelpfully, I was asleep under a bed at the time. My colleague, Natasha, took the call but, also unhelpfully, had gone work before I’d [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – Albums 1981
Featured Album: Duran Duran – Duran Duran This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year and [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 4th March 2021 Panel: Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative) Lisa Nandy (Labour) Andy Palmer (Car industry executive) Theo Paphitis (Businessman) Miatta Fahnbulleh (Economist) Venue: London Puffin, as your humble author begins his modest review, you [more…]