and they’re up!
After a lot of faff and fanfare, a couple of aborted attempts and even this last successful try almost coming to grief too upon the discovery that the phone-holding bit attached to my ancient tripod...
View Articlego wild in the country…
And after an unforeseen but brief blog hiatus thanks to unforeseen fuckery, it’s business as (almost) usual, and everything is ticking over nicely! The intervening time has seen a nice walk down to...
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And it’s two months on from my first trip ever to the Royal Albert Hall, despite my first ever gig in London being thirty six and a bit years ago in 1987 (The Cure at Wembley Arena, for anybody...
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I will never learn. If an event takes place west of Pimlico, it is not for me. If it takes place far enough West to be in Zone 3, I should dismiss it instantly and not even think about going. If I am...
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It really is! November that is – at least once Guy Fawkes night is over. Even the fireworks don’t seem as loud as they were, although the trip down to the celebrations in Battersea Park a couple of...
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…is where I currently am, for some last minute R&R before the Christmas panic excitement gets into full swing. I will be back for business as usual from Wednesday, which will also mark two weeks...
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A weekend spent putting up the Christmas tree, marzippaning and icing the Christmas cake and getting stuck into the first of this years’ viewings of Miracle on 34th Street and Elf (with Muppet...
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And it’s February already! The last couple of weeks have been a bit of a blur (and apologies for being MIA for at least part of that time); but some things can’t be helped. Back at the ranch, those...
View Articlethe sun is up, the sky is blue…
And hello to Spring! The sun is shining, the blossoms are blossoming and I have been making the most of the beautiful weather at all possible times, those being the ones where I’m not either confined...
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Well, my self imposed IMAX ban didn’t last long. After a recent wander over the road to see Sinners at the lovely Cinema 1 in the Barbican – and also taking in a razz around the Conservatory – a trip...
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