Seven Days In

Yesterday was the hottest day of the year and today looks like it's going to be similar. I've read that a cold shower is good for y...

Today is grey so that's why the post title came to mind . I thought Grimalkin was a witch's cat it in "Macbeth" (it ...

One of the things I like about the English language is because it is so ludicrously and ridiculously complex it opens itself up to lots...

I don't know if it's getting older but I seem to misread a lot of notices and signs. One interpretation is that I'm losing...

Today is the 29th of July and it's the birthday of six people I know in varying degrees of importance, and until this morning...

Ravensword is a fantasy RPG , and I thought of the word after I thought of Ravesward in a kind of word meddling that the english langu...

It was incredibly sad that we lost Prince this week , and while I do say the older we get the more this is bound to happen to us , he...

This is  just a short post although we have got into April and there is so much happening this month. I have picked up my bass guitar for...

Today has been a bit weird, but incredibly interesting , so much so that I need to write about it, just so I remember about this day. To...

After a week in which I saw a great production of Othello at the RSC in Stratford (despite the baking heat the aircon kept the temperat...

A great week to take a holiday , but don't do sunblock normally so ended up a bit burnt. It's very hot and very nice and very wa...

After the disappointment of the Election result all my friends seemed to be under a cloud , with good reason , and yesterday I finished ...

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 ...

Dead Man Talking I can't believe it's four years since my first World Book Night. Then I had 50 Copies of  Philip Pulman...

The Humans - Matt Haig My World Book Night was fairly low key. I did;t connect until this year that it falls on Shakespeare's birt...

Hendrix and Zappa Yesterday when I was in Stratford I looked at The Vinyl Disctrict app on my Samsung and it came up with Purple Vi...

Today is bright but cold and also means a trip to Stratford to see Wolf Hall at the RSC followed by Bring Up The Bodies on Wednesday, b...

Pantomine Hook Pantomime Cruella I think we all really like to be scared in one way or another, for entertainment really. As a...

A friend this morning liked a Facebook Group with that name , and I immediately thought it was a clever reverse double entendre for a page w...

Today a friend told me that they really enjoyed reading my blog even though often they were not sure about some of the words I use. Tha...