bigdaddystevieB

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

Monday, January 12, 2026

january 2026 books…

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Smart-Aleck Kill (Raymond Chandler): Four short(ish), interconnected crime stories, first published in 1958, involving a private detective h...
Monday, December 29, 2025

december 2025 books...

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On Friendship (Andrew O’Hagan): My good friend Peter lent me this rather beautiful book of eight essays on friendship… which I read slowly t...
Sunday, December 28, 2025

2025 reflections...

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I’ve been blogging New Year reflections for something like 16 years (just for me). I was tempted to drop this ‘tradition’ last year, but end...
Sunday, December 21, 2025

old office memories…

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One of the Christmas cards we’ve received this year was from my good friend Matthew - former partner from my old architecture practice, Broc...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

prime minister…

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I went along to the Watershed again this afternoon – this time to see the documentary film ‘Prime Minister’ about New Zealand’s former PM, J...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

the thing with feathers…

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I went along to the Watershed this afternoon to see Dylan Southern’s film, based on Max Porter’s book ’Grief Is The Thing With Feathers’ (wh...
Monday, November 24, 2025

november 2025 books…

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Sculling (Sophie Dumont): I’ve been using this book of poetry by local writer Dumont as part of my early morning reflections. She trained a...
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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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