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Continue reading →: Hey Mr Taliban
The calipso has been adopted by the Afghan government as their official approved musical genre. To celebrate this momentous decision musical instruments have been piled up and set alight. Music schools have been closed and staff laid off. This will give people the chance to develop a Caribbean patois and…
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Continue reading →: Photography exhibition
Botanic Gardens in Belfast has a brilliant annual outdoor photography exhibition, the Belfast Photo Festival. This year’s exhibition finished on 30 June and had some stunning images.
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Continue reading →: So much clutter
We are embarking on a major renovation project, replacing flooring, windows, heating system and opening up the kitchen and dining room with a small extension at the rear of the property. To do this we will have to put all our furniture and stuff into storage. It’s the sheer volume…
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Continue reading →: Drawing
Drawing with my fingers takes me back to my childhood when spreading paint about on paper was deliciously mucky. Artflow is an easy to use app that lets me doodle away and share my genius.
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Continue reading →: The examined life
Socrates places a heavy burden on humanity with his assertion that an unexamined life is not worth living. His philosophical genius was to question accepted wisdom through argument. It follows that we should test this Socratic dictate. If we have lived a conscientious life, observing moral principles and treating others…
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Continue reading →: Lessons
My enjoyment of Ian McEwan’s writing is a perverse pleasure. The unsettling fiction describes human situations that are tinged with darkness but are narrated with the calmness of ordinary behaviour. Roland, the main character in Lessons, was an eleven year old schoolboy seduced by his piano teacher. His story and…
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Continue reading →: Rallies
There are certain advantages that a tennis player has if they stand 6 feet 6:inches tall and can serve at 130 mph. But if their ground strokes aren’t up to scratch they are not guaranteed the points on their serve. From the spectators’ point of view, tennis is more exciting…
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Continue reading →: Grunting
When did the grunting start? Was it the 80s or more recently? I have learnt to filter it out, but occasionally it becomes so intrusive I join in with the grunting and even shout out the plyers’ names in between games. “Come on Andy” didn’t help Murray get through the…
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Continue reading →: Culture
Who was it who said “whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my revolver”? Often mistakenly attributed to Mussolini, I believe it was a Nazi fascist. It’s the Twelfth here in Belfast, a day of bonfires and Orange Order parades to commemorate the victory of King William III…
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