Wandering round Venice – night and day.
Everyone who visits Venice goes to San Marco, Saint Mark’s Square. well, you have to, don’t you. The last time I was there, in 2011, the square was so crowded you had to push your way through the crowd and…
What happened to the cats in Venice?
I knew something was different about Venice since the last time I’d been there. Those empty-looking streets and squares felt strange. Then it dawned on me, unlike most Italian cities, there were no cats. No curled up purrers, no…
Wining and dining with Henri Matisse at Tate Modern
Did you guess the answer to yesterday’s question? I was of course at the wonderful Tate Modern art gallery on London’s South Bank for an exhibition of the so-called Cut Outs by Henri Matisse (1869 – 1954). Well, first…
Guess where I’m going this weekend.
F. Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano Flute. Karl-Heinz Schütz Piano. Eliko Akahori ——————————————————————————————————– STEPHEN DEARSLEY’S SUMMER OF LOVE BY COLIN BELL My novel, Stephen Dearsley’s Summer Of Love, was published on 31 October 2013. It is the story of a…
The city of Venice from the water.
I have just spent two weeks in the glorious and much photographed city of Venice. It’s one of those places that has been much written about and so much loved that I hesitate to add my two kilos of…
Who’s the coolest guy?
Modern cool has a new face, or so we’re told. Who is the coolest guy? Have the golden oldies been unthroned? What do you think? Is it the much publicised Russell Brand? What about another male icon…
Not so much Death In Venice as Life on the Venetian Lido
As some of you know, I haven’t been too well this year so it was a great idea to spend two weeks in Venice this summer. I got back a couple of weeks ago and, even though I can’t report…
It must be summer – look here’s my summer tea cosy!
I knew it was summertime when I returned from my holidays in Venice. It was Midsummer’s day and therefore time to unveil my new seasonal tea cosy – the four times a year work of my mother who is now…
The publication of a Fibonacci poem and another poetry anthology brighten my Lewes weekend.
I’ve had a mini-run on poetry publication over the weekend. I’ve just received a copy of a new poetry anthology, Tic Toc, published by the American company Kind Of Hurricane Press and including my poem Over Time. All the poems…
It was One Hundred Years Ago Today
——————————————————————————————————– STEPHEN DEARSLEY’S SUMMER OF LOVE BY COLIN BELL My novel, Stephen Dearsley’s Summer Of Love, was published on 31 October 2013. It is the story of a young fogey living in Brighton in 1967 who has a lot to learn…