bigdaddystevieB

the name is how our middle daughter used to introduce me to some of her friends (sad but true!)

Saturday, April 11, 2026

first game of the cricket season at bristol…

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I turned up at Bristol’s Seat Unique Stadium yesterday for Gloucestershire’s first home game of the cricket season. After Gloucestershire’s ...
Sunday, April 05, 2026

march-april 2026 books…

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A Bird’s Idea Of Flight (David Harsent): Another book of Harsent’s poetry. This one, at times, I found quite hard to grasp. It describes a ...
Friday, March 27, 2026

orwell 2+2=5…

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I went along to the Watershed again this morning (11am showing – for old retirees like me!)(surprisingly, there must have been an audience ...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

march 2026 books…

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Penguin Modern Poets: Jackson, Nuttall+Wantling: First published in 1968 (Moira bought our copy the same year)… so, 58 years on, I’m not qu...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

sirât...

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I went along to the Watershed again yesterday (it had been a few weeks since my last cinema outing!) to see Oliver Laxe’s film Sirât. I’d no...
Monday, March 09, 2026

february-march 2026 books…

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Gwen John (Alicia Foster): I read this book prior to attending the exhibition of the artist’s work at the National Museum, Cardiff – and it ...
Friday, February 13, 2026

february 2026 books…

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WH Auden, selected poems (John Fuller): I’m not very familiar with Auden’s poetry (understatement), but have been reading this book’s poems...
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bigdaddystevieB
Bristol, United Kingdom
Married to Moira with three daughters (Ruth, Hannah and Alice) and six grandchildren (Ursula, Jemima, Rosa, Dan, Iris and Mikey). Former architect and also worked with young people in education in recent years... now just a retired slacker.
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