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LATEST ARTICLES ( 28 )

• Roadtrip Planning – To Bisbee Or Not To Bisbee?

  

  A classic roadtrip is something that grows organically. The beginning and end are all taken care of, but everything in between is up for grabs. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Heading Stateside

  

  It’s been a while, but finally I’ll be returning to the good ol’ US of A. With a slightly shaky finger (shaky due to the astronomical air fares) I have just... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2015 SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Spain, 1982 – The Greatest World Cup Ever

  

  The 2014 World Cup is finally upon us and for the next month and one day I intend to do little else other than lap up every single bit of this footballing... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Lincoln Diner – Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

  

  There’s something about the American diner that gets the imagination stirring. Maybe I’ve watched too many road movies but the thought of spending a life... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• The Death of the Record Shop

  

  I stumbled across a piece of news this week purely by accident concerning the closure of HMV’s flagship Oxford Street store. It was while making a quick online... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• J’accuse – John Lewis for the Rise of the Unnecessary Cover Version and Trying t...

  

  I’m never previously had a problem with the high street store John Lewis. As wretchedly middle-class as they are I’ve always held a soft spot for JL since... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• JFK – the King of America

  

  “For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2013 SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• The Great Salt Lake, Utah – Blinded by the Sun

  

  Every picture tells a story. This one is about the time I nearly lost my eyesight. It was taken on Antelope Island in the middle of the Great Salt Lake, Utah. Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Monument Valley – The Best View in the World

  

  I like a good view. I’d venture a long way for a special one. Which is what I did to find this particular view of Monument Valley. If I was a list man I’d... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• James Gandolfini

  

  “I find I have to be the sad clown: laughing on the outside, crying on the inside.” It’s not often I feel compelled to write about the sad passing of a celebrit... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Five Years

  

  Just recently my daughter turned five. If I were a habitual Facebook user I would have probably posted a picture on her birthday and wrote something completely... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Keeping the Dream Alive

  

  I’ve just renewed the licence for the web hosting and domain of this blog. I decided to take the five year option as it works out cheaper than renewing every tw... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Songs To Save Your Life – No.1 New Order, Technique

  

  “Nothing in this world could touch the music that I heard, when I woke up this morning” Dream Attack, New Order I woke up to New Order’s Technique album for... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Help Me Ronda

  

  I finally made it back to Ronda this year after an absence of twenty-one years. It’s a place that has long-held a curious hold over my travel plans. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Things That Were So Much Better in the 80s Pt3 – The Olympics

  

  The 2012 London Olympics are finally here and a nation doesn’t so much rejoice as try to figure out which bit is going to annoy them the most. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS

• Passions Just Like Mine – No.1 The Boozer

  

  boozer [ˈbuːzə] n Informal 1. a person who is fond of drinking 2. pub, local (Brit. informal), bar (informal, chiefly Brit.), inn, tavern, public house, waterin... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Atlantic City – Or How I Learnt to Love The Boss

  

  Just been listening to Springsteen’s latest effort, Wrecking Ball, and thoughts inevitably turned to Atlantic City. I can’t think of one without the other…... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2012 DESTINATIONS, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Things That Were So Much Better in the 80s: Christmas

  

  I’m having a Christmas renaissance this year. After losing interest over the past decade or so I’ve had some Scrooge-like rehabilitation thanks in part to real... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• An Alternative Christmas Advent Calendar

  

  December 1st is possibly the most disappointing day of the year. You know that Christmas is on the horizon when December crops up on the calendar but there’s... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• What the World is Waiting For?

  

  I received a text last Saturday night telling me that The Stone Roses were reforming. I dismissed it immediately. As I had done every other rumour that seemed t... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, SELF EXPRESSION