Me. Fresh as a daisy! Yeah, right. Back from sub-saharan Africa … a houseswap … a work-related project … and a ‘holiday’ (employing inverted commas here because is it *ever* a holiday when accompanied by humans under the age of 21 who happen to be your own, delightful offspring?) So much to report on and […]
Stop Staring At My Chest!
Now that I’ve got your attention… This is a semi-serious post. Yesterday I began a discussion with my daughter about ‘eye contact.’ I was trying to pre-empt some of the social misdemeanours that she might commit when we return to southern Africa. The thing is, my lass has *the* most incredible staring prowess. When we […]
When Writing Gets Dangerous
One day, I decided to write to someone on death row, USA. This wasn’t like one of my usual reckless fripperies (which tend to be more along the lines of ‘shall I risk putting green underpants into a whites wash?’ or ‘if I grate some vegetables into my daughter’s pasta sauce, will she notice?’) No. […]
Mr Benn, Bob Geldof and an annoying African Drummer
Politicians eh? You can’t trust ’em, can you? They’re all in it for themselves. Well, most of us have said that at one time or another. But it simply isn’t true. One of the reasons that I wrote ‘Mind Games and Ministers’ was to try and tackle this question. What would happen if a posh-boy […]
Mandela – Connecting with the past…
In the late 80’s I was a very politically aware teenager. But it was more about the miner’s, Thatcherite travesties, the threat of student loans… BBC coverage of Soweto uprisings, talk of apartheid, of an old chap who had been in prison for some god-awful amount of years because he felt he was equal to […]
Last of the Summer Whine…
DIALOGUE BETWEEN 8 YR OLD DAUGHTER AND FATHER – LISTENING TO BBC RADIO 4 MIDDAY NEWS FATHER: I can’t believe what he’s on about. I used to like Nick Clegg. He’s talking utter twaddle. 8 YEAR OLD: Yeah. But it isn’t really him, anyway. FATHER: What do you mean? 8 YEAR OLD: It’s not even him! […]
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