The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Category Archives: thought piece
Being Generous: Thoughts On All’s Quiet On The Western Front
Two things had me thinking today. The one year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine and watching the much lauded film, All’s Quiet On The Western Front. I read the book at school and it was too heavy going then. … Continue reading
Posted in history, miscellany, thought piece, WW1
Tagged history, thought piece, WW1, WW2
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In My Day… #thought piece
Oh, how I hate that expression, the suggestion that things were better in the 40s/50s/60s/70s/80s/90s/last weekend/one minute ago. They weren’t. Period. Sure there are some things that are less satisfactory than whenever, but in most areas… anyway, I’m off my … Continue reading
Week Forty-Five: 2022
I realise I must have missed a few weeks as there aren’t seven weeks left in the year. I wonder what I did with them? This week we had a trip to the British Museum to see the Hieroglyph exhibition … Continue reading
Week Forty-Four: 2022
For once I’m pleased the autumn rugby internationals are over. England’s performances have been pretty unappealing and that’s a shame as I do enjoy a bit of looking forward to sporting events. It’s the same with the football. I’m with … Continue reading
Week Forty-Three: 2022
I’m 66 on the 30th and become eligible for my old age pension. That makes me ‘old’ I suppose. I still prefer middle youth and I still decry the tyranny that says I’m really something abhorent as 66, whereas I … Continue reading
Week Forty-Two: 2022
A week with lots of rain. Sploshing into the local park in Norwood. We went to Suffolk to sort out some plumbing and get a new lock. The benefits are that we both feel like it is free time, lots … Continue reading
Posted in 2022, dog, miscellany, suffolk, thought piece
Tagged 2022, dog, Suffolk, thought piece
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Week Forty-One: 2022
The temperatures in London have been bonkers, more like May. The garden can’t understand and if this goes on much longer we will be mowing the lawn throughout the whole year. At least it’s keeping the heating bills down. And … Continue reading
Posted in 2022, London, miscellany, thought piece
Tagged 2022, bank of england, bracken house, cats, guildhall, London, the world reimagined, thought piece
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Week Forty: 2022
I had a look back at pictures from the garden over the last five years. Interesting Well, that was a week that was! A phew, what a scorcha sort of seven days. The farce of a 44 day premiership that … Continue reading
Week Thirty-Nine: 2022
I truly think a career in satire is dead, after the last month of our politics. Somehow, we survive as a nation but for how much longer, I wonder as the bond market vigilantes sharpen their knives for Monday’s opening? … Continue reading
Week Thirty-Eight: 2022
Well, that was a rollercoaster of a week. It ended with me coughing like a fifty a day trooper, diagnosed as a chest infection and told by the GP to take it easy, not something I’m especially good at. The … Continue reading
Posted in 2022, family, miscellany, thought piece
Tagged 2022, dog, family, garden, running, the london marathon, thought piece
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