Category Archives: diary
Cars
As a teenager I would regulalry visit the Motor Show at Earl’s Court. I’ve mentioned before that I was a petrol-head before I knew what petrol was! Living in Hornchurch and Upminster as I did, it was easy to get a ‘Twin Rover’ for four shillings – the equivalent of a Travelcard today – and […]
Continue readingHappy Birthday
Today marks Bruce Springsteen’s sixtieth birthday. I’ve been fortunate enough to have seen ‘The Boss’ about seven times over the last thirty five years. The band lost Danny Federici to cancer last year, and with both Bruce and the band not getting any younger, I’m conscious that each tour might be the last. We saw Bruce and […]
Continue readingGuilty Pleasures
Okay, I confess, it’s a guilty pleasure but I quite enjoy Dan Brown’s books, they’re distractions and right now some distraction will come in handy. I first read ‘Angels and Demons’ before ‘The Da Vinci’ code came out. Ever the early adopter I found the book at Schipol Airport as I recall – and what with flight […]
Continue readingAuf Wiedersehen, Pet
I’ve mentioned before that I have deliberately resisted turning this into a job-seeker’s blog… applied for this, rejected for that, and such and such an agent won’t take my calls… Well, I was talking the other day to Paul, my Financial Adviser; I do this occasionally, despite being unemployed and enjoying the bounteous sixty quid […]
Continue readingRemake Remodel
For one reason or another this site got a bit screwed up… it’s taken a few reloads, reinstalls and so on to get the site close to where it was and should be, but some of the picture links have gotten a bit screwy. I’ll get them sorted. In the meantime, please bear with me. […]
Continue readingOne step beyond
Another one of those “where were you when” days occurred forty years ago this week, and yes I can remember where I was. During the Apollo 11 mission my family and I were on holiday in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight , throughout the week my tiny transistor radio was never far from my side. As […]
Continue readingThriller
Ive checked my shelves and I dont have any of Michael Jacksons recordings in any format. As such it would be hypocritical to shed crocodile tears over his passing.
Continue readingThe perfect pub?
I’ve deliberately held back from posting for a while, being out of work and job-hunting makes it all too too easy to write a blog saying “there’s not much out there” or “the recruitment agencies don’t return calls“. So rather than clutter the blogosphere with such bleak ramblings I thought Id hold back until I […]
Continue readingSaturday Gigs
While visiting Sri Lanka I managed to hook up with Phill Morton and his wife Anne. Phill and I were best mates back in the late seventies and early eighties in Sheffield. They were great times to be young guys around town in Sheffield; the music scene was booming, with bands like the Human League, ABC […]
Continue readingThis is Tomorrow Calling
I guess it was a combination of the travel, the time and the exotic Dubai architecture but it occurred to me “we’re in the future”.
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