New York, New York [Part 4]
Our last morning was given over to a stroll in Central Park and the weather gods were good to us: it was bright crisp and sunny. Naturally, a…
A running buffet of the thoughts and ideas that crowd into a writer’s life.
Our last morning was given over to a stroll in Central Park and the weather gods were good to us: it was bright crisp and sunny. Naturally, a…
O what a tangled web we weaveWhen first we practise to deceive When he was about four, Lucas kept a kiwi fruit as a pet. He had made…
I am looking back on our brief holiday in New York with amazement. Hard to believe that just a few weeks later much of the world would be…
‘Do you have cherries?’ asked Bridget. ‘Oui, Madame,’ said the woman serving, ‘but they are still very dear at this time of the year.’ ‘Of course. How…
Cardigan I was bullied at school. You wouldn’t think so to look at me now, would you? But it’s true. I was small for my age, you see…
By the next morning the rain had been chased away and we set off in chilly sunshine. This was a fortunate because Helen had set aside today for…
Joker ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Disappointing. Direction by Todd Philips seemed unsure about the degree and kind of stylisation it was aiming at. I got the meta moments where the curtains…
Not long back from New York and the trip of a lifetime. I need to get back into my writing routine but it has taken a few days…
Avignon, France This was a difficult choice. My adopted home town of Lincoln has, arguably, the finest cathedral in England. The majesty of London and Rome, and the…
The Crown [Series 3] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I was saving this one up for the dank days between Christmas and New Year when the schedulers have given up and padded…