This book is a tribute act of sorts. The first sentence of Erin Kelly’s author’s note to The Skeleton Key reads: “When I was a child...
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Fifty years on from the public first becoming aware of a song called Moonage Daydream, this film arrives carrying the same title. (The poster for it i...
Read MoreResplendent with stardust
I know we are well into September (OK, it’s almost October) and I have this year had two Greek dining experiences. One was rather more prolonged...
Read MoreIt’s all Greek to me – which is wonderful
The front page of The Times on Tuesday September 6 carried a photo of Liz Truss and noted of the newly elected leader of the Conservative Party that t...
Read MoreAll Trussed Up
Last month I did something for the first time that millions have been doing for ages: I flew easyJet. I went to Nice and back from Gatwick on a four-d...
Read MoreEasy go: less easy home
It is approaching two months since the 2022 staging of the Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames. I have attended it on a couple of occasions, both...
Read MoreVery old-fashioned and right up to date
My last blog under the ‘Fantasy’ banner was in March, headlined ‘Heading for the Putin/Trump show again?’ No one can say that ...
Read MoreWe are all caught up in Putin’s nightmare dream
On Sunday evening England’s women’s football team, aka the Lionesses, beat Germany by 2-1 to win the European Championships and thereby re...
Read MoreIt’s come home!
You may have noticed that there is (yet again!) an election campaign underway in order to resolve who should be the leader of the Conservative Party, ...
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