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Nowhere is there warmth to be found

Garth Ennis is like marmite. People either love his work or hate it, and for good reason. His work is full of grotesque people and horrific images. He is definitely behind Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman and Grant Morrison in the pantheon of British comic writers. He had a run writing Vertigo comics’ Hellblazer that IContinue reading “Nowhere is there warmth to be found”

In this world we’re just beginning

After the Go Gos split up for the first time (https://fivemilesout.home.blog/2020/09/07/when-you-looked-at-me-i-shouldve-run/ ) Belinda Carlisle went solo, as lead singers do. Her first album made no impact in the UK, but the title track of her second album was a huge hit. I actually prefer the third album, Runaway Horses, as it is more consistent. CharlieContinue reading “In this world we’re just beginning”

While you sleep there’s a whole world coming alive

Cult television is a weird and wonderful thing. In the 70s and 80s specialist magazines talked about old shows but seeing them was another matter. The birth of Channel 4 was a real bonus as they did repeat some of these series from the late 1960s and early 1970s, usually quite late at night, butContinue reading “While you sleep there’s a whole world coming alive”

You’ll never be denied

What rights do parent have over their children? To their minds and their bodies or even their lives? It starts with religion. Religious people can be very zealous in the belief that their religion is right, yet the overwhelming majority of people are the same religion as their parents. How many of those people haveContinue reading “You’ll never be denied”

Arm yourself because no one here will save you

James Bond films were a big thing in the 70s, partially because no film was on TV until five years after being at the cinema so if you missed a film it would be ages before you could see it. I have re-watched them as comfort relaxation in lockdown and they weren’t so comfortable afterContinue reading “Arm yourself because no one here will save you”

All my powers waste away

Each year when we finished our exams at university we wanted to eat out to celebrate. The first year we went to a steak restaurant, where I complained that the knives were too blunt. To illustrate it I ran one across the palm of my hand. Some people in our group missed it, so IContinue reading “All my powers waste away”

I Don’t Believe in Dragons or Blue

Duran Duran were the first band that belonged to me. They are now lumped in with the New Romantic movement, but at the time they were considered Futurists, plus they were from Birmingham and not part of the Blitz Kid sect in Covent Garden where Steve Strange (https://fivemilesout.home.blog/2020/09/17/time-to-close-my-mind-and-drift-off/ ) and Spandau Ballet (https://fivemilesout.home.blog/2020/10/15/dont-say-its-a-crime/ ) wereContinue reading “I Don’t Believe in Dragons or Blue”

But the heart it yearns

After the truly awful PE2 exams (https://fivemilesout.home.blog/2020/10/16/to-reach-too-high/ .) it was weeks waiting for the results. Like PE1 the results were published in the Saturday edition of The Times, but this time you did not even have to go to London to get them on Friday night (as it was printed in London early Saturday editionsContinue reading “But the heart it yearns”

Exit Planet Dust

This is the start of the final 100 regular entries in this series. The X-Men started a trend for superhero movies that has lasted twenty years. It was always likely to be Spiderman – Marvel’s powerhouse title from the sixties to the eighties – or the X-Men that took its place as the sales juggernautContinue reading “Exit Planet Dust”

The lot we used to pass everyday

Every time we got a new client at Grant Thornton it was a big deal, mainly because the firm leaked away existing clients so fast. Chartered Accountancy firms were not allowed to advertise so appointments came via recommendations from lawyers, banks or other clients. Ernst Whinney (now Ernst & Young) were the biggest national firmContinue reading “The lot we used to pass everyday”