The snow returns to Lewes – this is becoming a habit.
The white stuff is back here in Lewes….. ..it is pretty…… … a bit thick…… …but attractive in that kinda way – if you know what I mean.
Sordid scenes in Trafalgar Square: Ruby Thomas’ drunken aggression – a new British archetype.
Ruby Thomas As we approach the supposedly joyful festival which is Christmas, it is maybe instructive to look at the sordid manslaughter case that is being held at the Old Bailey. Yesterday, Ruby Thomas, an 18 year old trainee beautician, was found…
Britain isn’t working again – just like when the Conservatives were here last time.
In 1979 in the run up to the British General Election, unemployment in this country was around 700,000 and the Conservative Party, lead by the formidable Margaret Thatcher, used a memorable and damaging poster campaign – Labour Isn’t Working. Margaret…
Piano Putin and other great political musicians – they’re all so cool – they wish.
Some of us were thrilled the other day to hear the multi-talented and mega-cool Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin, tickling the ivories at a charity event in St Petersburg. The land that produced some of the greatest of all pianists,…
Me and the Raising of Lazarus
The Raising of Lazarus by Guercino The Raising of Lazarus by Rembrandt Well, let’s not go over the top but I am feeling a lot better today after my bout of ‘flu which followed immediately after I was told that…
An unfortunately timed bout of ‘flu
It is typical isn’t it! I get great news about my health (see yesterday’s blog) and get all excited about getting back to normal life after two years having to be careful about what I do and then what happens…
News about my brain haemorrhage.
I went to the neurologist yesterday for a six month check up to see how well i am recovering from my brain haemorrhage…….. ….I told her how I had been and what symptoms I am still having…… …and she says…
Today I go back to see my neurologist and suddenly I am nervous again.
I am off to the hospital again this morning to see my neurologist and, I hope, to arrange for my last MRI brain scan. I haven’t seen her for six months now but she is hopeful that we will find…
Homage a Hugues Cuénod: He who shouts loudest is silenced long before Hugues Cuénod who sang soft and sweet at 108.
So, finally, the great Swiss tenor, Hugues Cuénod has died at the remarkable age of 108. He was still teaching and singing after his 100th birthday and he leaves us now when people were beginning to believe that he was actually…
Can we keep the traditional Northern European Christmas please?
It looks like parents are going to be able to take photos of their children hamming it up in their local nativity plays now that those anti-paedophile school regulations have had to be reconsidered. This must be a sensible decision…