2011 and Dad and I went to Egypt in the Autumn. We had been due to go in February, but the Arab Spring happened and at the last-minute insurance cover was withdrawn. Tourism was still a fraction of the normal level with the usual crowds missing. We had to have an army guard with usContinue reading “No need to fight”
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Walking to the sound of my favourite tune
Watching the England international team is an exercise in hope over experience. After 1970 England failed to qualify for a World Cup until 1982 so my in my formative years failure was the norm (in their defence only 16 teams qualified for the finals up until 1982). That meant that at the 1982 finals thereContinue reading “Walking to the sound of my favourite tune”
Before I finally go insane
Italy in July is too hot. The Italians all go to the coast laughing at the foreign tourists who think that is the best time of year to explore the country. Pompeii is near the sea, but it is incredibly hot because of the wide-open space and the lack of shade. Our Tour Guide hadContinue reading “Before I finally go insane”
Just what the truth is, I can’t say anymore
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”
My one dream
Over the stretch of the last 40 or so years Madonna has been the most commercially successful female artist, but I think the most successful artistically is Kate Bush. Kate was a prodigiously gifted youngster, The Man With The Child In His Eyes was written when she was 16, and exploded into national consciousness withContinue reading “My one dream”
I feel stupid and contagious
You shouldn’t go back -especially with holidays. Not that you can’t revisit places – I have been to Venice and Florence but would like longer in both places. I mean that you cannot recreate a special holiday – something that is so brilliant and amazing. Going back is always going to be anti-climactic. Everything wasContinue reading “I feel stupid and contagious”
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”
I’ll stand beside you in the rain
In 1983 I applied for university via UCCA (UCCA was for universities, it was PCAS for polytechnics, now they are merged as UCAS) which was pretty nerve wracking. I had been fascinated by Cambridge ever since I went there as a child, so it had to be top of my list, otherwise they rejected youContinue reading “I’ll stand beside you in the rain”
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