In the winter of 1990/91 I had my midlife crisis. I was in my late thirties. The coinciding of factors known for being challenging – battles with the ex over terms of access to two young children, death of my … Read More »
I’ve alluded before now to this exquisitely discomforting night for some, but never got round to giving it a post of its own. Time to put that right. If I’ve seen the highlights once of Ricky Gervais at the Golden … Read More »
Telesureenglish.net yesterday: Political, religious, and social leaders, as well as former dignitaries from different parts of the planet, expressed their sorrow for the death of the Argentinean idol. There is no doubt that the death of Diego Armando Maradona has … Read More »
I neglected to mention, in my post on paraprosdokians, that some of the finest examples are to be found in our streets and public conveniences in the form of graffiti. Take this classic of the genre, reportedly seen in a … Read More »
Thanks to Mick for this. Commenting on my bicycle thieves post he quoted actor, writer and stand up comic Emo Philips: I asked God for a bike, but then realised God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike … Read More »
This presented itself as a screen saver when I fired up this morning. And this is one of my own, shot – in a manner of speaking – at Saigon Zoo, Christmas Eve 2012.
Nottingham is in mourning. Millions of the city’s culturalatti awoke this morning sickened and saddened by news that a bicycle of single buckled wheel, chained to a street sign outside a nail bar on the corner of Ilkeston Road and … Read More »
Yesterday saw me again walking the Soar. Despite frequent bursts of radiant sunlight, as per the above, much of the day was overcast, damp and warm – perfect conditions for fungi. Dispersed across this meadow I came across cluster after … Read More »
In my previous post, on America’s Christian Right, I said: Trump (a loose cannon of broadly neocon instinct) was never going to “bring US jobs home” when globalised capital-labour relations, and Wall St need to maximise profits, dictate that wealth … Read More »
In my last years as an academic a good deal was being written about, and careers founded on, an alleged need to ‘teach critical thinking skills’ to undergraduates. Me, I was coming to a view of critical thinking as not … Read More »