Place de l’Europe par temps de pluie, 1877 by Gustave Caillebotte (1848 – 1894) If it’s going to rain all the time, we should learn to appreciate umbrellas. I do. Enjoy your weekend everyone. Les parapluies, 1886, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 –…
Mr and Mrs Andrews, about 1750 by Thomas Gainsborough (1727 – 1788) The National Gallery, London I know we’re all talking about the weather here in England, it’s our obsession, after-all, but we’ve been having exceptional meteorological conditions since December and…
A large part of Britain is flooded, in case you didn’t know. It’s been raining for weeks and storms have been raging too. It’s not good news for the many people flooded out of their homes. Parts of England are…
After my incarceration at home with a lung infection, I’m wrapping up against the weather and getting a taxi to Brighton’s Latest Music Bar for this evening’s Have A Word, Brighton’s rather smart literary review where I shall be reading from…
Shauna Gilligan My fellow Ward Wood novelist, Shauna Gilligan has asked me to join The Writing Process Blog Tour where each writer answers four questions about the writing process and then passes the baton on to another set of writer-bloggers.…
Fundamental Principles of Olympism 1. Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way of life based…
Brighton’s West Pier, 5th February 2014 We had some gale force winds in the UK on Wednesday. I lost two tiles from my roof in Lewes, but things were far worse down the road at Brighton’s lovely old West Pier,…
What a guy! Who could it be speeding down the mountain, on the piste? That’s the trouble with the Winter Olympics, you can never see who is doing what because they are all so well wrapped up against the cold.…
Those Easter Island statues continue to cast their spell over me. I’m not alone in my fascination with those magnificent stone carvings, known as Moai, lost, somehow, in the remotest part of the Pacific Ocean – apparently abandoned by the…
Last Saturday it was that most traditional time here in Lewes, UK. It was time for the now legendary Lewes Men’s Pie Night. You can imagine the scene, I’m sure – all pork pies and real ale but with some…