A Box Of Delights.

If I could sum up 2025 in a nutshell I’d have to say it’s not been my favourite year. If I could sum it up better I’d say it’s been a bit whiffy and rather a lot of effort to digest. And if I wanted to sum 2025 up with the full use and impact […]

My Poor, Poor Ears.

The other morning I switched radio stations in the car and I think I heard a duet between Jon Bon Jovi and Robbie Williams. I mean, it came up on the screen, so it must have been true. First it was Jon Bon Jovi singing. He’s been bigging himself up a lot lately because he […]

Gone Gone Gone.

The first one to go was R, husband of her for many, many years and not long into retirement. He was the kind of guy you heard a bit about but saw nothing of. I can’t say I had a problem with that but if I had ever been introduced to him I would have […]

On Coffee.

#555.

A bit of a new start. Or a bit of an old ending. Or maybe neither. Rambling and incoherent, like Proust or Biden. A refresher and a reflection. Something of something and nothing at all, as so many things in life. To put it bluntly, it’s a bit shit, but I don’t care because it’s […]

A Load Of Rubbish.

Literally, a load of rubbish about rubbish. It doesn’t matter that it’s rubbish, it’s just nice to crawl out of a big old rut and do something. Anything. Even if it is, indeed, quite rubbish. Living in Britain has become embarrassing. To be fair, it’s been embarrassing for a quite a while already. I’d say, […]

Don’t Give Me A Break.

To be honest, I’m getting sick of turning on my TV. I’m sick of turning it on and instead of being able to watch a continuous stream of adverts I have my fun spoiled by utter crap such as quality programming, original content, thought provoking documentaries and as many classic films as I can manage […]

Tied Up In Knots.

I can’t really remember the last time I went to a wedding. Well, I can, because it was yesterday, but I can’t reliably remember the time before that. I’ve been to a generous handful of weddings in my time – a few of them have been good, a few have been ok and the rest […]

Tis The Season. Again.

A load of pointless nonsense that goes nowhere and says nothing. Much like everything else at Christmas. In case you hadn’t noticed, Christmas is just around the corner. In fact, Christmas has been just around the corner since the middle of June but now it’s really, really around the corner, like a big, shiny mugger, […]