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…
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…
——————————————————————————————————– 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…
Radoslaw Sikorski I like Radoslaw Sikorski, the Polish Foreign Minister. I like his style too – he says it as he says it. He was right too. British Prime Minister, David Cameron has “fucked up” over Europe. I’ve been away…
I know a lot of you have been worried about me. You all think that I will find it hard adjusting to getting back home to Lewes in England after two glorious weeks on holiday in Venice where, amongst other…
Just before I went off on my holidays, I was at the regular monthly poetry event held by Camden-Lumen Poetry where I was proud to have one of my poems included in the latest anthology published in aid of the…
One hundred years ago today, 24th June, 1914, a train stopped for a few minutes at a small country station in the Gloucestershire village of Adlestrop. Sitting in one of the carriages was the poet Edward Thomas (1878 – 1917).…
I have been on holiday and have just got back from two weeks in Venice – just long enough to begin to feel that it was home. I’ve always loved Italy and now it doesn’t feel right to let a…
I’m putting my feet up for a couple of week – see you soon. If you’re bored, take a look of some of my old posts listed above or filed down there on the right. You could even read my…
Omaha Beach 1944 Omaha Beach 2014 Dunkirk Beach 1940 Dunkirk Beach 2014 ——————————————————————————————————– 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…