Seven Days In

It is an incredibly bright and sunny morning, though as I am writing this I am not sure what the temperature is like outside , although I wi...

 I’m am slightly in awe of the way we are becoming a TV watching proletariat. Though that’s a discussion for another time. I decided to see...

 I had my COVID injection yesterday and it physically knocked me with a lot of the symptoms but I think I am now over the worst. "Step...

We are continually being sold 5G by every mobile phone network, but seriously who actually needs it? Yes it's faster but it's li...

I don't buy much music these days, my collection is huge and I am selling a lot of CDs I bought on Discogs . I've written previousl...

Today has not really been raining but it's wet. It's like it's just very low cloud. I don't know if it will finally bl...

I've been nominated for the #TenAlbumsInTenDays by my friend Tim Barlow and this is my fourth nomination and I'm always up for...

Most definitely not. Quality is also a very nebulous term, t can be bad or good, and when something is described as "quality...

It is that time between Christmas and New Year where you almost feel you are trapped in Limbo. Prior to Christmas I saw someone chatti...

Weatherwise this must be one of the greyest Christmases I have ever seen. Christmas has been fine but the weather has not been too col...

How do you pronounce that? Is it Polish  - relating to Poland or polish - to buff something up? Is it wind - the atmospheric movement ...

The Graph of Ed Sheeran Last night I caught a chunk of The Mercury Music Prize won by Sampha which seemed to me functional but blan...

Here Be Monsters Today was meant to be relaxing , but while a little grey , I ventured towards town to get a haircut and a couple of...

Not quite yet Well the last few months have been amazing and the next few weeks are likely to be just as good. Have been catching u...

Boots Sushi Well not really. The new job is so close to home that I hop on the bus , off it , then into the office , it takes less th...

RSD 2015 Sorry I've not blooged for a while , no real reason apart from laziness , but it has been remarked upon , and I need need ...

Well it's Friday and I'm waiting for my hire car to be delivered so I can drive down to Ampleforth to the holiday cottage for a...