I wouldn’t consider myself a pacifist. I believe that the Second World War was an inescapable necessity after Adolf Hitler began his campaign of genocide. I did, though, go on two anti-war marches. First against the Vietnam War and then…
I have a new CD on my machine and, even though I wasn’t going to post a blog today, I couldn’t help letting you all know, if you don’t already, about an amazing new voice on the operatic scene. The…
I know my old blue t-shirt wasn’t the smartest thing in my wardrobe. – I seldom do smart. I realize that it was only a material possession and that I should learn to stop getting attached to comfortable old favourites.…
I’ve been having a busy summer and, yes, I know, for the last few weeks I’ve not been on here very much. Forgive me if you missed me. If you did then I hope you’ll be pleased to hear that…
Fifty years ago Dr Martin Luther King Jr gave one of the greatest speeches of the 20th Century. We all know immediately the phrase “I have a dream” and many of us then and ever since have wished that Dr…
On a grey day in Lewes, I was cheered by my small apple tree deciding to sprout lily flowers as well as a good potential harvest of rosy little apples. Was it magic or was it one of my lilies…
Some seagulls came to suss me out the other day when I was on the seafront. It was nice to see them especially as I was idly playing with the Hipstamatic app on my iPhone. They flew just low enough…