September 1st 2011 I’d been trying to get through to this journalist for weeks, he never took my calls. So one day I phoned, put on an American accent and told them it was Bruce Springsteen. The guy took the call immediately. I burst out laughing and said it wasn’t really Bruce Springsteen, and whilst…
Continue ReadingIs Facebook Ending?
I’m sure that many of you would have noticed a few stories in the media yesterday that were eager to point out that Facebook has, “seemingly”, lost some of its users. Now I’m not sure how accurate the figures really are, but the fact that these articles appeared signifies that some parts of the media…
Continue ReadingThe Straits At The Albert Hall May 22 2011
May 22 2011 I knew this wouldn’t be a simple affair, there was baggage, isn’t there always when you get to a certain age? We’d normally met with such a bang, but that was some time ago, maybe 20 years or something like that. This time the approach was far more ambulatory. A couple of…
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The Protectorate
This is a story that looks in to psychic phenomena. It encompasses issues of an extremely violent nature and may be disturbing to some people. It also includes “obscene language” and sexual content, now if that’s not got you interested I don’t know what will. It’s a little slow in the beginning but picks up as it goes along, one day I’ll re-write it.
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I Want To Hear Leonard Cohen In The Tower of Song
Someone once said to me that when the tram lines were taken up from our roads it was as if the tram lines that guided us in society also disappeared. There is a general consensus in the UK that we should try to be as free as possible in how we choose to live our lives without infringing on others’ right to be free, and I reckon most of us feel comfortable with that. But…
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Fame, Money, Success and Connection
I want to talk about a paradox, it’s one that most of us have experienced and it relates to money and success. If you asked me if I thought commercial success was a true measurement of achievement, I’m pretty sure that, philosophically speaking, I’d say it wasn’t. In reality though, when I meet people who…
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If Not Now Then When?
Apart from being a memorable saying “If Not Now Then When” was also the title of one of Tracey Chapman’s hits in 1988. These words have been echoing in my mind (lots of echoes there!). I watched my father die in front of me a few months ago and maybe it was that which reminded me that…
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