Better start swimmin’
Then you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin' Bob Dylan It will not have escaped the intrepid reader's notice that -…
Poets of the Fall
Every so often I feel the urge to listen to some 'new' music. One of the drawbacks of growing older - at least where listening to 'popular' music is concerned…
Go west
The November edition of GQ magazine (British edition - which I purchased because it contains a number of Bond related features) details the winners of the GQ 2012 'Men of…
Remake/Remodel
For English chaps of a certain age - those who were in their mid-teens at the turn of the decade from the 60s to the 70s - memories of those…
The restless urge of autumn
“...as the slow sea sucked at the shore and then withdrew, leaving the strip of seaweed bare and the shingle churned, the sea birds raced and ran upon the beaches.…
The richly woven tapestry…
"The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect."…
Look about you
"Reader, if you seek his monument - look about you" Inscription on Wren's tomb in St Paul's Cathedral Each year the School - along with its sister school - celebrates…
Lies – damned lies…
...and an interesting statistic! In addition to any casual readers who may have stumbled upon these somewhat eclectic posts (Hello there - and thank you!) there is a 'hard core'…
Planting a tree
"That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree." Wangari Maathai This last weekend saw the final cricket match of my season.…
Parade’s End
Look - I'm sorry to bang on about this - and I really don't want to bore the gentle reader more than is absolutely unavoidable - but I really must…
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