History & Old Stuff
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‘Romeo, Romeo, where are you Romeo?’
I read the other day that the average deposit for a home in the UK is currently £80,000 and as my reactions were limited to either throwing myself into work or jumping off the QEII bridge, I’ve been writing a lot. I don’t want to show it to any of you yet (for a staunch Continue reading
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Review: ‘When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit’, Judith Kerr
Polite notice/potential spoiler alert: this one might make you sniffle. And, um, it’s about a Jewish family in the 1930s. But not quite like how you’d think. In 2013 I was lucky enough to go to the Hay Festival and attend an interview – which was more of a conversation – between two of the most prominent writers Continue reading
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A Magna Carta Retrospective
Do you think any of the onlookers at the Magna Carta signing actually thought it would be celebrated eight centuries later? Like did any watching peasants have a debate? Steve the Peasant Dude they’re signing that peace treaty so we won’t have to pay stupid taxes and the barons can’t get away with everything. Jimmy the Continue reading
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Forgetting Weekends…
It’s been a strange few days… I drafted most of a post about everything going on with Charlie Hebdo, but I felt like I was going round in angry, bitter circles with very little productive or useful content, so it’ll stay a draft for now. Let’s just keep on doing what we do, yeah? My Continue reading
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