The Wolf goes hunting
I knew they were there. I could hear them moving in the shadows. They were fearless, ruthless and they were coming my way. It was just a matter of time so I sat and waited – new gun on my…
A Prophet – a new masterpiece of French cinema
A Prophet [Un Prophete] (18) **** Starring: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda KatebDirected by Jacques AudiardRunning Time: 2 hours 29 minutes Language: French An uneducated young Arab, Malik (Tahar Rahim) knows nothing about survival in jail when he…
Delphic is the new great Manchester Band
I have been listening to Acolyte, the debut album of the much praised new Manchester band Delphic. It was an album I was waiting to hear before I had even heard of these three young guys from the city where…
So the great jumping wolf was really Ossian from a zoo near Madrid
On a previous blog (22 October 2009) I wrote about the amazing Jumping Wolf photograph that won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 competition. I was inspired and thrilled by this shot of a wild animal in full chase.…
Tea and sympathy
Instead of my weekly kung fu lesson on Monday, I had to settle for a chat over tea and toast with my instructor, Neil, as I was not feeling well enough to risk exercising. Nothing wrong with that as we…
The Lewes Flood Plain Does Its Job
It was a new kind of day on Sunday here in Lewes, Southern England. The snow had gone and the sun was shining. I was feeling as enervated by the false Spring air as the birds who were singing in…
The Road – A Film You Have To See
The Road (15) **** Starring Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall and Guy PearceDirected by John HillcoatRunning time 111 minutes The unthinkable happens to the World and a few survivors struggle to live in a barren and threatening…
On the road to fitness
It is showdown time in the fitness stakes here for Wolfgang. Yesterday I had to go for a fitness test with my new therapeutic personal trainer Ricardo (with one “C”). The worst bit wasn’t the investigation into my vital statistics…
Haiti returns to haunt our consciences
We don’t know the full story yet of course but the horrifyingly large numbers of people killed in the Haiti earthquake goes beyond immediate imagining. People predict tens of thousands of deaths in this the poorest country in the Western…
Turkey and the Taleban
I was thinking about the faces hidden behind various masks in Afghanistan. It is easier to lump people together if we hide their facial features of course so these Taleban men pose for their photo as armed militants their humanity…