Dead Ringers Remembered (3)

Dead Ringers Remembered (3)

by | Nov 17, 2018 | Lifestyle, Remembrance

The campaign started a year ago with a target of 1400 new ringers. Out of the eye of national media, but noted by local press with enthusiasm, the Ringing Remembers campaign has been a stunning success both for the organiser and for the individuals like me who took...
Time Lapse

Time Lapse

by | May 20, 2018 | art, drawing, Lifestyle, painting, photography, Remembrance

A week ago composer John Kerr wrote: “Just got home from doing my very last concert together with Ron Boots and Harold van der Heijden… so here’s another short excerpt from my album “prelude to a requiem”. release: 16th September on my 70th...
When will they ever Learn?

When will they ever Learn?

by | Apr 26, 2018 | art, Environment, Lifestyle, Remembrance, Travel

I suppose at my advancing age (I’m 72 now) I should be used to the failure of our politicians as much as I am used to my own. Lately, and maybe because I am much more aware as an observer and outsider, the national failures have become more and more intolerable, the...
The Past is Another Country

The Past is Another Country

by | Nov 5, 2017 | art, Lifestyle, photography, Remembrance, Travel

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there”                                                        From the novel by L.P.Hartley: ‘The Go-Between’ 1953 Once upon a time a country almost lost its sense of self. Almost, but in quiet rural corners...