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Continue reading →: gypsies, tramps and thieves
Hergé was a bit of a fascist. Outsiders who choose an alternative way of life are often the victims of prejudice, and make great scapegoats when times are tough.
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Continue reading →: Night cycling in Belfast – not for the timid
Another near miss, and yet I was wearing a highly visible vest and my bike was lit front and back. The taxi driver had his window down as he veered towards me from where he was parked. I asked him to look more carefully in future – alright, I shouted…
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Continue reading →: Magic Light in the Spessart / Germany by Rolf Nachbar
water and woods with magical light
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Continue reading →: Popular culture – an oxymoron?
One often despairs at the ignorance of youth. I was minding my own business in Filthy McNasty’s the other night listening to a fellow called Mark Graham strum his guitar and sing popular songs. All very gemütlich until some wassock plonked himself in front of the musician beseeching him to play…
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Continue reading →: Meditations
Someone in their 50s often sits and ponders. What’s it all about? How do we know what we know? Is there a God? That kind of stuff. The act of putting those thoughts to paper clarifies the ideas and the arguments that have perplexed people through the ages. Montaigne shared…
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Continue reading →: Art
I had a mosey over to the Ulster Museum yesterday, which is a fun thing to do before the pubs open (1 pm on Sundays). Their current art exhibition is well worth a look. I liked the large portraits of Kenneth Branagh and Tyson Furey as well as a couple…
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Continue reading →: Summertime falling away
It’s officially the end of British summertime on 27th October, so until then we can continue to enjoy the balmy days in the park playing with frisbees and lapping up the odd poke (local vernacular for an ice cream cone). Nature’s parade of autumnal colours marching towards us without a…
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