Arts
The Year Turns, Part 7
Lughnasadh For me, this was always one of the festivals which seemed to slip under the radar. Which is a shame, because it’s a nice social time, with fun and games, and good food. Falling [more…]
History
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Three – The Everly Brothers
If I get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not [more…]
20th Century
Behind the Bamboo Curtain, Part Four
My uncle was a staff reporter for the Manchester Evening News from the late 1940s until his death in 1973. The following is from a series of articles in which he describes his extensive visit [more…]
History
Who Was Puss In Boots?
“To Southwark Fair, very dirty, and there saw the puppet show of Whittington, which was pretty to see” – Samuel Pepys In the fourteenth century the toll required of a prostitute who wished to cross [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Two – Elvis Presley
If I get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not [more…]
20th Century
Behind the Bamboo Curtain, Part Three
My uncle was a staff reporter for the Manchester Evening News from the late 1940s until his death in 1973. The following is from a series of articles in which he describes his extensive visit [more…]
Arts
A Hard Bunch Of Old Folkers
This a true story, and for once I can be unusually precise as to the date: towards the end of July in 1983. I was living in North Yorkshire at the time, and me and [more…]
20th Century
Covid Feds at your door? Read on!
When I heard and read that out of pure caring and love of the American people, yes, even us Trumpites, Biden had authorized federal staff to go door to door to persuade you to have [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part One – Buddy Holly
My Legends of Pop Music – Part One – Buddy Holly I suppose we must define pop music; I would agree with one view from Wiki which says it is a genre of popular music [more…]