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Silent the terror that reigned

It is funny how music connects different people. If you asked 100 people in the street if they are Altered Images fans, I doubt that any would say yes and yet I know two – Mike and John. Iron Maiden were a band that linked my friends in Royston (John Bonney and others) with BrightlingseaContinue reading “Silent the terror that reigned”

And let me dream

You do appreciate how important a good night’s sleep is until you aren’t getting them anymore. Most children are exhausted and sleep well; when you get into your teens and twenties you can party all night and keep going (of course biologically this is so that parents can cope with the disturbed night that babiesContinue reading “And let me dream”

Across your face my friend

It was only recently that I talked about British exceptionalism as it related to intervening abroad (https://wordpress.com/post/fivemilesout.home.blog/2123 ). The UK has elected to leave the European Union (https://wordpress.com/post/fivemilesout.home.blog/2007 ) and will need to exercise power on the world stage without a 28-country bloc to help. The reaction of the government was to pour money intoContinue reading “Across your face my friend”

Before the storm

Is it strange to be friends with people you were at school with over 30 years since you left school? A lot of people think so. To stay close to those people for that long despite moving apart and having families. How we related changed bit by bit. During university holidays and after Neil andContinue reading “Before the storm”

Concealing to Appeal

Genesis were one of those bands I was aware of but did not really know well in 1980 as no one I knew had any of their albums for me to tape. Or no one I knew well enough. They had a hit in 1981 with Abacab, which was on rock side of pop, butContinue reading “Concealing to Appeal”

There’s a fire in your heart

I know the UK does not understand it (for a large part) and I am pretty sure the USA doesn’t for the most part. A lot of people abroad think we are at least self-serving arseholes, if not outright evil. Britain still perceives itself as a punching above its weight superpower, when it patently isContinue reading “There’s a fire in your heart”

You had chemicals boy

I hated Night Clubs. Night Clubs started out as places to go where the posh elements of society could have a meal, a cabaret and a dance to live music. When they mutated into large pubs with DJs and the ability to stay open and serve alcohol after 11pm they somehow kept hold of someContinue reading “You had chemicals boy”

We take the pills to find each other

The Culture War started in the USA and has progressed to the extent that wearing or not wearing a mask in the face of the worst pandemic for a century is a political act. For years the British laughed at this while the Tory party joined as enthusiastically using nativism and the politics of hatredContinue reading “We take the pills to find each other”

I’m not the pleasure I used to be

The only time that I had tried a moped was when Alison got one to go to and from Clacton. I tried it out but when Alison rode the moped she had a helmet and protective gear. Dave and Andy had tried out mopeds on our holiday in 1991 and it was decided that weContinue reading “I’m not the pleasure I used to be”

De lo imposible de la noche

De lo imposible de la noche Day four of the trip to Egypt and I was ill. I am certain that it was not anything that I had eaten – it was either sunstrike or touching my lips after handling the money. I felt grim but we were going to the Valley of the KingsContinue reading “De lo imposible de la noche”