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
Tag Archives: Iceland
Iceland: It’s What It Says On The Tin; Part Three #iceland #holidays
My third entry in the Iceland Diaries.. Iceland had lived up to its own stereotype: the geology is otherworldly, converting your bill into sterling is like rubbing soap in your eyes, and the weather swings from chilly to downright parky … Continue reading
Iceland – It’s What It Says On The Tin; part two #holidays #iceland
More Icelandic holiday memories to fill our blank schedules Most countries I visit have something that leaves me discombobulated. Here the simple expedient of a sliding door on a gents toilet saw me standing in the corridor like a lemon … Continue reading
Iceland – It’s What It Says On The Tin; Part One #holidays #iceland
In these crazy months when foreign travel is about as popular as a fart in a lift, I thought we’d revisit some previous holiday trips and my thoughts thereon. This is part one of a trip to Iceland in 2018 … Continue reading
Climate Of Opinions #womanatwar #filmreview
There’s a point in the film, Woman At War where the heroine, a formidable Icelandic environmental warrior, Halla, is bombarded by the adverse public opinions that her economic terrorism generates. It’s visceral and hurtful and managed by government spin but … Continue reading
Posted in Film, miscellany, politics, review
Tagged climate change, environmental protest, Iceland, woman at war
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Niceland: #iceland Part 3
Iceland had lived up to its own stereotype: the geology is otherworldly, converting your bill into sterling is like rubbing soap in your eyes, and the weather swings from chilly to downright parky and back again. The capital, Reykjavík, is … Continue reading
Posted in holidays, Iceland, miscellany, street art
Tagged holiday, humour, Iceland, Reykjavík, Street Art
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Trolls And Strolls: #iceland Part II
Most countries I visit have something that leaves me discombobulated. Here the simple expedient of a sliding door on a gents toilet saw me standing in the corridor like a lemon until another customer walked past me and slid it … Continue reading
Posted in holidays, humour, Iceland, miscellany, thought
Tagged Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland, tourism, volcanoes, waterfalls
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The Wall And Other Weirdies: Part One #Iceland
What did I know about Iceland? It’s pretty cold It is a geology lesson It explodes more frequently than my old French master used to trying to get me to decline avoir They beat us at footie Everyone is known basically … Continue reading
Posted in holidays, humour, Iceland, miscellany, thought
Tagged blue lagoon, church, Iceland, museums, Reykjavík, tectonic plates
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Holidays: Where Did They Go?
For those inclined to visit here, you will well know my ingrained incompetence with preparing for and organising family holidays. So much so that, in so far as is possible, I am banned from such chores these days. Today we are … Continue reading
