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Stan’s Sausage Adventure

Warning. This is a long read. It’s gonna take you at least 20 minutes.  The latest version of […]

January 5, 2020 Art, Kids, Kidults, Life, mad inventions, New Year, sausages, Work, writing

Washing Out The Old Year

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It’s not everyone that has a fantastic New Year celebration. Bars, discos, night clubs – forget them. Here […]

January 2, 2020 Life, Paris, photography, stories

The Measure of One’s Existence

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The measure of one’s existence. A freezing February day back in 1978, standing in a never-ending line of […]

December 20, 2019 Cinema, Life, Philosophy

Another Revolution?

More strikes, more demonstrations – this is France, but, it will all be over by Christmas. On Thursday […]

December 8, 2019 Christmas, Culture, Economy, Employement, France, French, Life, Paris, politics, Smoking, strike, Uncategorized, Work

More Wonky Stories (Wonky – Part Two)

The second part of my recent scribblings for grown-up kids BIG JIM’S INVENTIONS There had been the bovine […]

December 8, 2019 Family, Fun, Home, junk, Kids, Life, stories, writing

Wonky – Part one (a story for kidults)

I was trying to write a book of stories for grown-up kids. I’ve got this far, so I’ll […]

December 8, 2019 Family, junk, Kids, Life, stories, Uncategorized, writing

City Streets

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Back on the blog. Just back from London, my city of birth and I guess still my spiritual […]

October 31, 2019 Home, Life, London, photography

Collage Retrospective

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Collage retrospective in support of my current exhibition.Quite a lot are late 50’s or early 60’s themed, others […]

September 10, 2019 1960s, Ageing, Art, Bourges, collage, Culture, deepest france, driving, France, French, History, Life, Love story, Motoring, Pesidential Election, photography, Road trip, Saturday night, Shopping, Sport, summer, Television, Time Travel, TV, Weekend

Be Everywhere. This is my prayer.

Still pursuing that dream of publishing my poetry. Perhaps a thin volume for the end of this year. […]

February 18, 2019 Life, love, Love story, Poetry, stories, writing

It All Starts In A Blue Room – Love in a Dead Dance Hall

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This is for all the dead dance halls It starts in an other age, in a dead northern […]

January 5, 2019 Alcohol, France, Hangover, Life, love, nostalgia, photography, Poetry, Road trip, Time Travel

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