Monthly Archives: March 2016

My busker rule is, “if I have change, I should put something in the guitar case or hat”. This is usually around 40 or 50 pence, which seems pretty reasonable for spending 10 to 30 seconds listening to an acoustic … Continue reading →

Writing about the upcoming film of Blade Runner, Philip K Dick remarked that the problem with Hollywood was its concentration of disturbing the senses, but not the mind. This is not just an issue of Hollywood anymore. It is the … Continue reading →

About ten years ago, I started putting on shows at Christmas that mixed up science demonstrations, stand up, musicians, character acts and some fireworks. For some people, this has become a tradition, a secular sleigh ride. When there was a … Continue reading →

Written on delayed trains at midnight. The retirement from stand up didn’t quite work out, but it is like an alcoholic going from 6 pints and 6 shorts to a glass of wine a night, maybe a large glass. I … Continue reading →

Just a sketch of a short story, the beginning of a thing, or just an embarrassing end.  He had given up being angry. Eventually, he had stopped counting the days. He was not happy, and he didn’t want to think … Continue reading →

I am not young anymore, and there is no delusion that will create a fog around that reality. At this age, Roger Moore was making The Man With the Golden Gun. I am closer to my point of death than … Continue reading →