Bing Crosby (1903-1977) OK, I know. He had big ears like the heir to the British throne, he played that most boring of games, golf, he was, let’s say, conservative and more than a little bit smarmy but… God Bing…
Nativity by Giovanni Bellini (c.1433-1515) Merry Christmas to you all…peace and goodwill and all that stuff. Here’s the Venetian Renaissance painter Giovanni Bellini’s Christmas card to us all and, below, my favourite choir, The Sixteen, perform one of my favourite pieces of…
‘Tis the season to be jolly but I feel for poor old Santa – kids today! Rather him than me. I wish all those Santas out there the best of luck and I wish you all, and especially them, a…
There were a lot of jokes, some of them funny, yesterday about the ancient Mayan theory of the end of the World. We are, of course, so superior in our view of ourselves that we take comfort in patronising ancient…
Today is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year – this is what it has been like here in Lewes this week for someone lucky like me who can walk around town and up onto the hills above…
There’s never a wasted moment with this Sudoku bog roll – hours of fun. You’ll soon stop hearing all that urgent knocking on the door. Ideal for idle texting, suitable for burglar friends on cold days or for people who…
I am thrilled by the cover of my soon to be published novel, Stephen Dearsley’s Summer Of Love. I know things like contracts with publishers are the kinds of things that tell you that, yes, your novel really is going…
I hope you’ve sent off your Christmas (Holiday) cards by now but, just in case you haven’t found the ideal image to represent yourselves to your nearest and dearest at this family time, here are some charming festive greetings from…
This photograph is cool in so many ways. It’s cool to be making a movie with Jack Nicolson for sure. It’s even cooler if you’re the director. Cooler still if you’re Stanley Kubrick. However the coolness surpasses the Arctic Circle and Antarctica combined when…