Flying High
Red-Shouldered Hawk vs. Rat by PicSniper I love this photograph by the brilliant Florida photographer known as PicSniper – but I’m a bit frightened of it too. It is the expression on the two creatures faces that makes it so…
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The little pothole gardens in London
They may not last very long, these tiny hit and run garden in London but they certainly brighten up a dull day in austerity Britain and they are far preferable to those holes in the road that show us how…
The Royal Bank Of Scotland and the sweet smell of failure.
It is easy to let your mind wonder when you are doing your tax returns – well I find it like that whenever I am dealing with numbers. When I struggled in maths lessons at school I was often transported…
Taxes – if only we all paid them.
Every year I promise myself that I won’t wait until the final deadline before posting my tax returns on-line and every year, this one included, I do the same thing: panic. So this weekend, the deadline, instead of sunning myself…
Shame – a shamelessly honest movie that’s about much more than sex.
SHAME (Cert. 18) **** Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale Director: Steve McQueen Brandon Sullivan (Michael Fassbender) enjoys sex – well, he’s addicted to sex and just can’t get enough of it. Luckily he lives on his own…
The Pope and the sounds of silence
“Silence is a precious commodity” … in a world with a ….”surcharge of stimuli and data.” The Pope I don’t usually agree with the Pope but he struck a chord with me today – well, a silent chord, a lost chord even.…
Lana Del Rey and her tigers – food for thought.
I know it’s not a good idea to keep large cats as pets – they don’t really like living away from the wild, they get suspicious of women in furs, prefer to catch their food on the run to shopping…
My reading list of unsuitable books
I am waiting for a new book to be delivered – it’s irritating when you have just finished your old one and you are not sure if you should hang on one more day for the postman or if you…
The Artist – everyone has to see this movie.
THE ARTIST ( Cert. PG) ***** Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, Uggi Director: Michel Hazanavinius Running Time: 100 minutes It is Hollywood and it’s 1927. It is the era of silent movies and George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is its…
Washing Up Weekend – what fun!
I am still waiting for a new dishwasher after my last one decided to pack it in after a decade of mind-numbing washing up duties. Who can blame it? Washing up, regardless of what I said yesterday, can be exceedingly…