Category Archives: miscellany

Double Act/Double Take #StanandOllie #filmreview

Posted on Dec 31, 2018 by

Saturday morning pictures has gone the way of sweet cigarettes and plimsoles, consigned to a faux nostalgia that suggests they were better than what’s replaced them. The films shown were tired even then and hardly new. But in amongst the … Continue reading →

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A Jacket And Nail Clippers

Posted on Dec 30, 2018 by

Not sure where I’m going with this. Readers who’ve followed me for a while will know that every Christmas for the last few years I’ve spent some time volunteering at one of the Crisis For Christmas shelters that appear for … Continue reading →

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Walking With The Wind At My Back: Part Two

Posted on Dec 28, 2018 by

St Bees To Patterdale The start of any long walk was full of apprehension. Will the body cope? Will my companions cope? Will my relationship with my companions cope? It rarely involved any sort of ‘will it be fun?’ I … Continue reading →

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My Life In Film

Posted on Dec 26, 2018 by

The course of my life can be plotted in any number of ways: educational stages, jobs, friendships, family celebrations and so on. Today someone made me think about films and how the can pinpoint certain moments in one’s life. The … Continue reading →

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That Christmas Letter…

Posted on Dec 24, 2018 by

25th December 2018   Dear All, It has become customary, I’ve found, for friends and family, to enclose a letter with their Festive  cards summarising their family’s many glorious achievements during the past year. These missives have taken on the … Continue reading →

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Dog hairs and spare rooms: a thought.

Posted on Dec 23, 2018 by

One downside to having furry pets is they like to share their coats. From time to time one of us has to pick up the pet hair remover and go attack the carpets where the pets might be found. Which … Continue reading →

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The Killing Of Christmas #writephoto #flashfiction

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 by

Sergeant Crimpson wiped his eyes. This year he’d get the Son of a … Sure he knew he’d not be popular but defending the homeland against foreign invaders had been his life’s work and he’d been successful, one hundred damn … Continue reading →

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