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• The Circus

  

  Spy or espionage thrillers, if well-written, make for great and absorbing reading. I've long been a fan of the works of John le CarrĂŠ, probably the... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Smell of the Greasepaint, the Roar of the Crowds

  

  If you’d asked me, when I was a child, who is the person least likely to want to visit a circus, my response would have been instant and unequivocal: my dad. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Circus - Excitement and Anticipation

  

  Piccadilly Circus, 1972. My friend and I felt like we had landed somewhere exciting. We were staying a long weekend with my family in Roehampton. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Circuses

  

  'For the benefit of Mr. KiteThere will be a show tonight on trampolineThe Hendersons will all be thereLate of Pablo Fanques Fair - what a sceneOver men and... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Melting Point

  

  The melting point of mozzarella cheese is one hundred and thirty fahrenheit degrees... could almost be the start of a poem, but fear not - it's too glib by... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Melting Points

  

  I’m trying to imagine the scene in the Advertising Agency. The copywriter is trying to get an angle with which to market this new confectionary. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• What The Butler Saw

  

  Sometimes called Peepshows in the UK and regularly known as Mutoscopes in the USA, these were early motion-picture devices, one of which - 'What The Butler... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• What the Butler Saw

  

  I am an avid people watcher. I love to sit on a bench, in a cafe or most especially at the airport and observe human behaviour. I used to live at the top of a... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• What the Butler Saw - A 'Y' Shaped Coffin

  

  When I was a child I remember my father having a novelty pen. From behind clear plastic, a picture of a young, attractive lady smiled. She was fully clothed, bu... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stress In The City

  

  I've found myself in a very unusual situation this evening, of trying to write a blog while being overtaken by the very events I'm writing about, and it's... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stress

  

  is something that is more readily acknowledged in recent years than it used to be when I was younger.I recall getting engaged, finishing my degree, getting... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Don't Let The Balloon Burst

  

  Believe me, you don’t know the meaning of the word 'stress' unless you have taken a buggy, a large suitcase, a backpack, a handbag, a carrier bag full of... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stress - Des Res Near the Park, Anyone?

  

  It is said, and I believe it, that moving house is one of the most stressful things to deal with. I have moved seventeen times and would dearly like an... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Peripheral

  

  What a great word, peripheral, meaning variously: auxiliary, external, insignificant, of secondary importance, on the border/edge/fringe/margin, outlying. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Biorhythms

  

  Hmm, biorhythms. I'm aware there's a lot of scepticism surrounding the subject and pseudo-science has much to answer for in that regard, as a heap of speculativ... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Biorhythms

  

  I was wandering through the undergrowth of the internet looking for details about Biorhythms that did not include balderdash regarding some pseudo-scientific... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Biorhythms - Life Cycles

  

  Long before speed cameras were installed on the A583, my personal best driving time from my little house in Layton to my place of work in Preston was seventeen... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sestina

  

  Really? I'm supposed to write about one of the most complex of poetic forms, the sestina , on this, the hottest Saturday of the hottest week of the year?... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Branching Out

  

  Leonard Taylor had no way of knowing that his desire for branching out would lead so swiftly to his untimely end. The son of Fred Taylor, the man in charge of... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sestina - The Secret

  

  After dealing with the bindweed on the buddleia and nursing the contents of my over-full planters towards flowering, it has been lovely to sit out in the... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION