Arts
No More Heroes Any More?
The recent death of JPR spurred me on to complete an article I started a few months ago on the subject of childhood heroes. I know for many JPR was a proper hero in the [more…]
Arts
Eating
Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part Two
Day 1 – 22nd December, Gatwick to Bridgetown Barbados My alarm woke me at 05:00. In no rush to get up, I lay there for 15 minutes before struggling out of bed. I showered and [more…]
Arts
Inventions that changed music – Part 1: The Piano
[This is part one of a short and sproadic series of articles exploring a number of inventions/creations that I think of as being instrumental (hah!) in changing how music is made and/or or how music [more…]
Arts
Iggy Pop – The Idiot (1977)
Listening for the first time to a bone fide legend of music comes with more than a small amount of trepidation and expectation. One expects to be immediately impressed, wowed, surprised and entertained; one expects [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 18th January 2024 The Panel: Bim Afolami (Conservative) Emily Thornberry (Labour) Hashi Mohamed (Barrister and Author) Kate McCann (Political Journalist) Venue: Peterborough Emily Thornberry, not her real name, Lieutenant Colonel (temporary) The Right [more…]
Eating
Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part One
This year I’m only off for two weeks, but as I’m flying to pick up the ship in Barbados, so it is a full two weeks in the sun. As a single passenger I must [more…]
Arts
20th Century
Monuments, Ley Lines And a White-Coated Jobsworth
Salisbury Plain The 1949 page of our old family photo album is confidently captioned ‘Bournemouth’ but neglects any images of the Hampshire Riviera resort. Not to worry. They say that getting there is half of [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: A Postcard From 1976
Greetings pop pickers and welcome to another edition of Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – our occasional Campari and soda drenched probe into the rainbow and glitter world of artistes who are quite simply fabulous, darling. This [more…]