Instinctively Ours
I’ve had to do some rather tedious paperwork recently, which meant going back through some old files containing - amongst other things -...
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Civilisation?
I have tried not to be too overtly political on these posts. Not because politics isn’t important - it is profoundly so - but because I...
Home Sweet Home
Happy New Year everyone. Why do we write those words in capitals? Why are they elevated to the status of peoples' names, capital cities...
Hear hear!
Here is a little story for you. Seven weeks ago, after a couple of fairly vigorous sessions at the gym, I started to feel rough. It was...
A Plea
Dear Smartphone Hi-tech People I’m writing to you with a request - not because I am a total Luddite, a fantasist or some dreamy backward...
Constance
One of the regrets I have from my youth was my abysmal effort and subsequent marks at A level. Conscious that it is fashionable to say...
Catching Music
A frustration with writing about music is that it is constantly going to slip through your fingers. It’s a bit like explaining smell or...
The Repair Shop
So many people love this programme - and for those of you that know nothing about it; the premise is thus… The general public bring in...
Empty Nest
I have been researching for an article about higher education in the UK, and it makes for rather depressing reading. On the face of it,...
Twelve Lovely Things
I always try and keep the snuggly winter vibe going for the the whole of the twelve days of Christmas, and as we approach the twelfth...
A Clear Christmas
Just under a year ago, I wrote about how my resolution for the new year was to quieten the mind. I can’t pretend to have all the answers...
Indispensable
My Dad died a few years ago, and although he didn’t get everything about parenting right, there were the odd things that he said (and...
Successful Sixteens?
Our oldest is in the middle of his GCSEs at the moment and it has been interesting watching him - decades since Big C and I took our...
Authentic
I went to an awards ceremony recently and it struck me that everyone who I had seen in the media was older, fatter and shorter in real...
Musical Personalities
A thought we like to flatter ourselves with is that we are individually different and interesting. Our ponderings are original and...
Sensory Overload
There is thankfully a good deal of consensus these days that New Year resolutions are at best well intentioned, and at worst a load of...
Young Musicians
Amidst the current political and economic shit storm on these islands, one finds oneself looking in vain for the positive - even asking...
Football Crazy
We have some books at home that I shall loosely call ‘loo books.’ They are the sort that can’t quite fit on the shelves of classic...
Balancing Scales
We have just got back from a camping trip to North East Yorkshire. We sampled the delights of Robin Hood’s Bay, Whitby, the Dales. It...
Spirited, Stoic, Special
We have been choosing the music for Granny’s funeral this week. GGG, GG, Granny, Edna - died fittingly on the night of the Spring...
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