Have you seen Tim Cockburn? This is a work of his, titled ‘Home’. There is not much I want to say about ‘Home’. One picture, two scenes. Or one scene, two pictures. Joining and adjoining anyway. Both together reveal the story. Without the other, ‘anyone’s guess’? Will he get to sleep with her or be … Continue reading
This is a tale about Ann. Ann made a lasting impression upon me. Though she might have been Ann with an e. This is a tale too about being in love. Or believing that you are anyway. I felt awkward in her presence so I reasoned that this might be because I was (falling) in … Continue reading
They might be giants. Yes they might. This is a relatively obscure way to start a post – and am I quoting the US band They Might Be Giants who began life in 1982 and are still extant and still, beyond rock-music aficionados, obscure. Though in the Top Trumps of obscure bands with giants in … Continue reading
And? Won? Lost? Read on! On December 17 I posted that a short-story I had published in August of last year on this blog titled ‘Coming Up’ was ineligible for entry in a writing competition because of its publication on this blog. I then tried to make it disappear by making it private and hoping … Continue reading
On New Years Day one of my Aunts died. Or passed away as it is more usually softly called. My relationship with this Aunt was not close. In latter years I would never visit, at most send her and her husband (my mother’s brother) a Christmas Card. We did live hundreds of miles apart but … Continue reading
Baby. It’s. You. Baby. It’s You. Baby it’s. You. Baby It’s You – however you want to punctuate this line this is a song of the purest of pure romantic love songs Pure romance. Pure reasonable obsession. Much of pop music is about ‘you’, the otherwise lesser referred second-person of the made up fiction world. … Continue reading
This above sculpture may or may not be particularly noteworthy to you. But the location may be. It is for me. For it is situated on a traffic roundabout, and not even a particularly busy traffic roundabout rather one that is mostly passed by shoppers on their way to and from a grocery supermarket, or … Continue reading
In London (and I presume in other populous cities) before you can become a licensed taxi driver you have to be tested comprehensively to demonstrate you extensively know your city – or at least its streets that most quickly (if not most cheaply!) take you from the proverbial A to proverbial B. It is known … Continue reading
I seem to be blogging about illustrators of late and this post is about another one, Cristian Grossi. His works came to my attention back in June via another WordPress blog Chicquero and a post titled Insect mood. Some of the images were mildly animated (as it were) and I was not sure what I made … Continue reading
Blogging allows us play at writer, editor and publisher. We can be as creative or as self-indulgent as we see fit. Yes a piece published after a copy-editor has run their jaded if watchful eye over it may still be death by a thousand cuts, death by a thousand buts. But there is at least … Continue reading
By the time you read this letter I may be dead. I have so much to write and perhaps so little time This is a review of the 1948 movie Letter From An Unknown Woman. It starred Joan Fontaine has the unknown woman Lisa Berndle and Louis Jourdan has the object of her passions Stefan … Continue reading
Him & Her is back on BBC 3. And fans of this bedsit comedy will be glad to hear that very little has changed, indeed almost certainly nothing has changed. Imagine The Royle Family if Craig Cash’s Dave Best and Caroline Aherne’s Denise Best had left the Royle family home to set up in their … Continue reading
Look closely into my eyes, Larry David Style if you please. And watch my lips. In this review there will be no word of a lie. Trust me! Would I Lie To You? is one of those TV comedy shows that arrives on our screens without fanfare and will as likely leave them without fanfare … Continue reading
Who Does Emilia Fox Think She Is? – so asks the fifth episode of the eighth series of the BBC celebrity genealogy program Who Do You Think You Are? Emilia Fox is best known to British television viewers for her role of hard-working brooding forensic pathologist Dr Nikki Alexander in Silent Witness filling the equally … Continue reading
Channel 4’s Comedy Showcase returned for its third year Friday night September 2 with Chickens. Channel 4’s Comedy Showcase is for new British comedy – a kind of piloting in which one presumes a good mixture of audience numbers and critical reception results in a whole series being commissioned. This was the successful fate for … Continue reading
Four Rooms the new Channel 4 show in which members of the British public chance their valued – and they hope valuable – goods with four professional dealers. A sexed up Antiques Roadshow (unless you had a soft spot for Michael Aspel and now Fiona Bruce!) – where there is no pretense here that the … Continue reading
Scott and Bailey is a new Manchester based detective drama from Manchester based Red Production Company whose first episode (of six) broadcast on ITV Sunday May 29th. A new detective drama or yet another detective drama or just how many detective dramas do we need? Like hospital dramas and cooking shows there is an endless … Continue reading
Originally posted on A Broken Laptop:
In celebration of Women in Horror Month, my publishers at Shock Totem have decided to give away my short story collection for FREE this week only. It will be free from Monday, February 23 until Friday, February 27. There is a place where sorrows pile up like snow and…
Originally posted on sturdyblog:
Today, I was reminded of the work of Jason deCaires Taylor, which I find deeply touching. He makes sculptures – really quite beautiful, technically accomplished and thought-provoking – which he then plunges into the sea and plants with living coral. He allows the work to grow and photographs it. The results…
Originally posted on Nature's Place:
All of a sudden it went from hot to cold and you were caught out in the rain, needing heat to fly, weighed down by water. Lucky there was a flower to land on and wait out the weather. When I saw you the rain had been falling for…
Originally posted on The Daily Norm:
As the year draws to a close, it is only natural to look back on the highs and lows, and to review everything a little. When it comes to exhibitions, I wouldn’t say that 2014 was necessarily the strongest of years in the UK. I was left a little…
Originally posted on A Broken Laptop:
My friend was telling me about a bragging Christmas newsletter that she finally had to throw in the trash. It’s fun to read what friends and family are up to, but some of these newsletters are crafted so carefully that it sounds like this family is the next to…
Originally posted on Nature's Place:
Sealing the entrance – When all else is done. A little pollen might help – Sure won’t harm. Feasting Bee – Unseen injury. Wasp – Robbing the life of a bee – What they do. Young one – The healthy often turn to see whence they come – Reflection?…
