8
Jul
2020
Common Sense (or lack of it)
Reading the Independent on Monday, I was struck by a couple of items bizarre enough for me to wonder whether April 1st... Read More
20
Jun
2020
Internet Woes.
I’ve had it with Zoom. It’s slow to connect, there’s no synchronisation, the sound’s poor and the heads that pop up on... Read More
13
Jun
2020
Foundlings
I’ve been fascinated by the Long Lost Family TV programmes on people abandoned as babies – one was found in a wooden... Read More
24
May
2020
Writing Short Stories
I was asked to write some notes recently on short story writing. Having thought long and hard about what are generally considered... Read More
27
Apr
2020
Remembering Bill Milner, poet missed in Market Drayton
I came across this poem, treasured and kept safe for years, as I was trying to clear my office of assorted junk. ... Read More