I like time travel as a concept. Two of my favourite books as a young teenage were The End of Eternity (https://fivemilesout.home.blog/2020/08/30/life-has-begun/ ) and Up The Line. Doctor Who includes time travel, but almost always as a device to move the story to a location rather than something to be examined or used. The reasonContinue reading “Just what the truth is, I can’t say anymore”
Tag Archives: 60s
The loneliest kind of lonely
It should have been on a premium cable or a streaming channel. Lost was just a bit too early to find the home that it needed to tell the kind of story that it had. Successful network shows rain for at least 22 episodes a year and 9 years. Lost was a story that neededContinue reading “The loneliest kind of lonely”
Now the years are rolling by me
The premise of the blog was to do entries related to a particular piece of music (and some are pretty tenuous or obscure links). Some people are linked very strongly to particular songs and they were easy to choose but there have been very important people in my life who either have not had aContinue reading “Now the years are rolling by me”
What elation
In sport there can be moments of utter ecstasy. Those instants which are the difference between victory and defeat and if your team is on the winning side can make you punch the air in exhilaration. I already covered one of those from Superbowl XXIII when Joe Montana led the 49ers on a final winningContinue reading “What elation”
Laughing and a running
After Jaipur (https://fivemilesout.home.blog/2020/08/31/its-time-to-burn/ ) our next stop in India was Ranthambore to see wildlife, especially tigers. I was not really quite aware of how remote where we were staying would be until we were en-route. We stopped at a small shop on the way, but everything was at least a year beyond its best beforeContinue reading “Laughing and a running”
I’m sittin’ here just contemplatin’
2015 – Dad and I go on a 16-day tour of Italy starting at the north in Venice and ending in Sicily. We had wanted one where you actually stayed in Venice but could not get that at the time when we could go. Our hotel was on the nearby Lido De Jesolo. We startedContinue reading “I’m sittin’ here just contemplatin’”
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”
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”
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”
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