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Ruth and I went along to St George’s last night to see/hear Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow perform their eclectic mix of thought-provo...

Barchester Towers (Anthony Trolloppe): Over the years, there have been LOTS of ‘classic’ novels that I’ve avoided reading… and I only de...

I went along to the Watershed at lunchtime to see Bong Joon Ho’s much-acclaimed film “Parasite” (which, as I’m sure you’ve heard, was vo...

I went along to the Watershed this afternoon to see Robert Eggers’ film “The Lighthouse”. It’s a story/psychological thriller about two ...

The UK bidding farewell to the EU has been the worst political experience in my lifetime. We’ve gone from those heady days of the London...

Waiting For The Last Bus (Richard Holloway): I love Holloway’s gentle wisdom and compassion. Holloway (former Bishop of Edinburgh) is n...

Moira and I went along to the Old Vic last night to see Emma Rice’s/Wise Children’s stage musical “Romantics Anonymous ” ( a musical ad...

My third trip to the cinema this year (and this includes two in the last three days!). I went along to the Watershed this afternoon to s...

I went along to the Watershed again yesterday to see Sam Mendes’ much-acclaimed film ‘1917’. It’s a WW1 drama based on the real-life expe...

Moira and I went along to the Watershed this afternoon to watch Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” – in the words of the cinema’s blurb: “a f...

Another year’s reflections (as always - a reminder for ME - I need to write stuff down in order to remember it all!): It’s been a good ...

I’ve read 94 books this year, for goodness sake (I know)… I blame this on the fact that we have our lovely local bookshop, Storysmith Book...

Yes, the ‘people’ have spoken. Sadly, under the present ridiculous first-past-the-post voting system, this is what constitutes democracy. ...

Today, I saw what will almost certainly be my film of the year at the Watershed: Xiaoshuai Wang’s “So Long, My Son”. It’s a wrenching fami...

Look, at my age*, I know that my voice counts for nothing (oh, how I wish the same could have been said of all those other ‘old’ people wh...