Proud 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
#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
#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
#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
# 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
Tyger, 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
Broken 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
VACCINATION!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
Eugenics 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
“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
