Slow travel, and the Brightside roadside diner
I was asked today if I would go back to a petrol car? My instant reply was ‘no’. Of course, if circumstances changed I might have to, but it is not in my plan right now. The reason the question was...
View Article‘Make Jewellery Not War’
“Say Something” Today was cold and grey, but it included a chance to visit an exhibition by 6Artist Collective at Farnham Pottery. That visit brightened the whole day, particularly our chat with Emily...
View ArticleThis is not my hat – Jon Klassen
Today I visited a bookstore. My task was to find books on crime and punishment in the adult, non-fiction section. Help was sought and books found, and I was about to leave with my treasure when I...
View ArticleThe things you can learn with a little book-talk
If I had to name one character who could imagine their way to anywhere, it would be Calvin from the Calvin and Hobbes books by Bill Watterson. This boy and his patient tiger survive all kinds of...
View ArticleLife at Full Tilt
Edited by Ethel Crowley – Foreword by Colin Thubron ( Published by Eland) “Few people, in any age, can have travelled a wider range of countries so arduously.” Colin Thubron, London 2023 The first book...
View ArticleWe went to see a film: Fallen Leaves
“The way I see it, the difference between a ‘movie’ and a ‘film’ is that one is scared to death of boring you for a second and the latter refuses to entertain you for a moment.” Alan Parker (Will Write...
View ArticleA treat of a meal in Manteca, London
“The trouble with eating Italian is that 5 or 6 days later you’re hungry again.” George Miller It was a windy, wet mid-week day when I stepped off the pavement into Manteca. Instantly all was warmth,...
View ArticleThis was so worth the journey – The Holdovers
“We cannot sacrifice our integrity on the altar of their entitlement.” Mr Hunham in The Holdovers It’s cold, it’s Christmas and five assorted students in a private boarding school are doomed to spend...
View ArticleThe Theory of Flight – Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
This book was a birthday gift. I’d never heard of the title before I received it, nor of the Zimbabwean author. I finished the book a few days ago, and have been thinking of it ever since. One point to...
View ArticleA film – Io Capitano (I am Captain)
Io Capitano – A film by Matteo Garrone – in cinemas April 5 I think this film is brilliant. Watching it took me right in beside two teenagers from Senegal on their journey to Europe . The film begins...
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