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…4 min read·Apr 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…2 min read·Aug 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…2 min read·Jul 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…1 min read·Jul 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…14 min read·May 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…1 min read·Oct 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…2 min read·Jun 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…2 min read·Feb 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…3 min read·Jan 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…4 min read·Dec 31, 2020----
