Hope in a plate of potatoes
What’s so special about a plate of potatoes? you may well ask. They do look pretty unglamourous there under the skylight window in my kitchen but they are a symbol of the new year for me. These are Jersey Royals…
Invictus – a worthy film from some old masters
INVICTUS (12a) *** Starring Morgan Freeman, Matt DamonDirected by Clint EastwoodRunning Time 2 hours 12 minutes This is the true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) decides to unite his country, the newly apartheid-free South Africa by inspiring its…
The end of one tribe but maybe not another
I am not an anthropologist so don’t ask me for the answer to this but why do some tribes die out whilst others go on to prosper? Last week for example saw the final extinction of a tribe that were…
It’s a funny old world
I have always been fond of Horatio. I mean Hamlet’s friend of course. He is an honest Joe and a long-suffering friend to the neurotic Danish prince. I think we would all rather be Horatio than Hamlet or at least…
John Terry has sinned – allegedly
It has been all shock horror in England this week as we reel with the news that the captain of the England football team, Mr John Terry has not been quite the gentleman that a very few innocent and naive…
Pizza Impressed
You know pizzas? Those things you eat in restaurants or that arrive at your front door in boxes?Well, I have always liked them – especially, perhaps, in Italy on a sunny day under the shade of an umbrella on an…
Precious – a powerful if flawed Harlem drama
PRECIOUS (15) *** Starring: Gabourey “Gabbie” Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton, Lennie KravitzDirected by Lee DanielsRunning Time: 1 hour 49 minutes Precious Jones (Gabbie Sidibe) is 16. She lives in Harlem where she has been raped by her father and abused…
We should chuck away those shoes and go barefoot running
I know people like shoes. In the town where I live, Lewes in Sussex, England, we have two shops that cause pedestrian traffic jams outside their windows. One is a homemade chocolate shop and the other is a particularly sophisticated…
It is Snowdrop Day here in my garden
We’ve had the snow and now it’s time for the snowdrops. The garden is looking pretty scruffy and neglected after that beautiful wrapping of white melted away so I was not expecting much when I went out there for a…
Glam Rock may come to Lewes after-all
I have been trying to keep my readers informed about the developments across the road from the Wolf’s residence here in Lewes in Southern England so some of you may remember the saga of the Crocodile Rock shop and my…