Jaki daCostaProud to be a #Neo-Luddite!Today I received a replacement debit card. The accompanying letter ended with the immortal words: ‘Dust off a pen and sign the back.’ Dust…Apr 30, 2023Apr 30, 2023
Jaki daCosta#Elvis/DionysusWhen Elvis Presley swivelled his hips and a generation of females screamed in ecstasy it was as if Dionysus had been reborn and the Maenads…Aug 9, 2022Aug 9, 2022
Jaki daCosta#WHAT IS GODDESS?What do we mean by ‘Goddess’? Is there any historical basis for honouring the Divine Female, as we have been forced to honour the Divine…Jul 28, 2022Jul 28, 2022
Jaki daCosta#In memory of Peggy Taylor WebbI met Peggy when she was playing the piano and singing in a bar in Brighton, sometime in the 90s. A great performer of the old school, she…Jul 17, 2022Jul 17, 2022
Jaki daCosta# THE SPIRITUALITY OF DRUGSThere can be few more difficult subjects to discuss at the beginning of the 21st century than that of ‘drugs’. Link the word to…May 18, 2022May 18, 2022
Jaki daCostaTyger, TygerI saw a living tiger last week. Even behind a glass plate it was the most majestically beautiful creature I have ever seen. I finally…Oct 17, 2021Oct 17, 2021
Jaki daCostaBroken BritainI have to start by admitting I was one of the idiots who voted for Brexit. Mea culpa. I knew in my heart that if we left Europe we would be…Jun 1, 2021Jun 1, 2021
Jaki daCostaVACCINATION!So! The dreaded moment has arrived. To vax or not to vax. I’m not against vaccination per se. I have my flu jab every year; as a child I…Feb 4, 2021Feb 4, 2021
Jaki daCostaEugenics v numbersIn 1859 Charles Darwin published his theory of natural selection as the engine of evolution. Natural selection is just that, natural, no…Jan 16, 2021Jan 16, 2021
Jaki daCosta“SISTERS, SISTERS….”“There were never such devoted sisters…” so sang Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen in the classic 1942 movie ‘White Christmas’. I’m sure…Dec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2020
