About me and this website
Read a little about me and a brief resume about night school, writers groups, writing stories and poems, and creating this website … Continue readingAbout me and this website
Category: Reportage
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The Rolling Stones, Manchester 2018
The Rolling Stones, truly legendary rock musicians, played a gig on 5 June 2018 and I was there in a humungous crowd. This is my review of a tumultuous event. … Continue readingThe Rolling Stones, Manchester 2018
Borrow Box
If your library closed in the recent council budget cuts you can still borrow ebooks and audiobooks from your library service online or via an app on your phone … Continue readingBorrow Box
Book review: “Arthur Ransome and Captain Flint’s Trunk”
You might enjoy my appreciation of Christina Hardyment’s book, “Arthur Ransome and Captain Flint’s Trunk” on GoodReads.com. But then you mightn’t. Well, you know what you’re like… … Continue readingBook review: “Arthur Ransome and Captain Flint’s Trunk”
Illuminating Hadrian’s Wall
Drawn by the first-ever lighting of the 70-mile monument from end to end, thousands of visitors filled every local car park, lay-by and footpath, while helicopters and a NASA satellite recorded the necklace of beacons from above. I played my part! … Continue readingIlluminating Hadrian’s Wall
Those Were the Days
In 2009 some old friends and I made a nostalgic return to some old pub haunts. I played the papparazi part. We all ended up feeling old. Where did the time go? … Continue readingThose Were the Days
Francisco y Cayetano Rivera Ordonez
I read and enjoyed for a second time, “Death and the Sun, a Matador’s Season in the Heart of Spain”. Edward Lewine embarks on an eye-opening journey around Spain, with Spain’s most adored bullfighter. Also here’s a CBS video about the brothers Ordonez. … Continue readingFrancisco y Cayetano Rivera Ordonez
I’m back…
Some of my friends in Gibraltar noticed the site was down. I’m happy to report it’s back online again. Thanks Roy and Sylvie! … Continue readingI’m back…