Libraries gave us power – Manic Street Preachers So far in this occasional series I’ve talked about how George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four …
I love Pantomime – it is awful but fantastic at the same time, if that makes any sense – but if looking …
Twenty-four hours after the big day, by now hopefully the major disappointment should be fading. I refer, of course, to the possible …
If you want to get under the silver wig of Andy Warhol this festive break down, you can do so at the …
I think the best term for this musician, this pure artist, is the Professor of Pop. She has an almost academic approach to …
One of the advantages of the internet is that on a winter’s day, you can navigate all around the world and visit …
Like pretty much everyone on Earth, I love Moleskine notebooks. They are beautifully crafted yet solid enough to survive the punishments of …
After alighting at the Metro station Gambetta, I walked through a hill garden to gain entrance to the cemetery. Along one of …
Last year I decided to mark 9 November with a new holiday Trashaday, in honour of the granddaddy of trash, Mr John …
Two best friends, two sons in the army, both serving in Afghanistan. Maggie and Rita were like sisters, until Rita’s son James …
This Hallowe’en, there is no need to wear a zombie, demon or mask of horror, because the so-called ‘natural’ ones that people …
