Arts
Northern Man
America
Postcard from the West Coast
A cunning plan So there I was, looking forward to the 2018 GP Brewery Bash – hotel and brewery tour booked, ready to rock and roll. Then up pops my son with his RAF leave [more…]
Arts
Reality plus – the next “big thing”?
Since leaving University over 30 years ago I have worked in the Information Technology sector and have always been interested in how IT evolves, both driving and being driven by new and innovative technologies. I’ve [more…]
Arts
The Electric Guitar
The one on the left is a Gibson Les Paul, introduced in 1952. The one on the right is a Fender Stratocaster (“Strat”), introduced in 1954. Why don’t they sound the same? Two electric guitars. [more…]
America
2017 – What a year!
“I’m dangling from a lamp post at the corner of the street” As we ease ourselves into 2018 I thought I would offer a personal retrospective of 2017, as I’m sure we all agree that [more…]
Uncategorized
A Going Postal abridged fairy story – Coal Black and the seven intellectual dwarfs
Scene 1 – a fairytale castle. The sun is setting, the birds are singing and multi-coloured pennants are flying from the flagpoles. We are in a stately bedroom, with a four-poster bed and a large [more…]
Cooking
The GP Advent Calendar of Cuisine – NM’s Stuffing
NOT Northern Man stuffing a chicken This is a recipe for stuffing that we’ve made for decades. We have it as a side dish rather than stuffing a bird with it. It’s great for [more…]
Uncategorized
The Church of Going Postal
“In order to be protected under the Equality Act 2006, a religion or belief must be able to be generally recognised as being: * cogent * serious * cohesive * compatible with human dignity. In [more…]