Hallowe’en & NaNoWriMo etc. — While considering NaNoWriMo this year, I looked over a few of the words I wrote last November. In total I wrote about 11,000 words, but only 2,000 of these did I type up. …

27th July 18 — Mr Justice M– Dear Sir, This is just a note to enquire whether you have any news on the Johnson brothers or Mr Fox? I have heard nothing from any of them and all seems rather too calm in town. Your humble servant, Mr H 4th…

9th July 18 — MR LEE YOUR CHAIR IS VERY COMFORTABLE AND YOU HAVE BEAUTIFUL WALLPAPER STOP WE ARE JUST LOOKING AFTER THINGS WHILE YOU ARE AWAY STOP BEST WISHES THE JOHNSON BROTHERS STOP 10th July 18 — Messrs Johnson and Johnson, Dear Sirs, Thank you for keeping me informed…

9th July 18 — SIR I HOPE YOU ARE WELL STOP I AM WRITING TO INFORM YOU THAT AS OF YESTERDAY THE JOHNSONS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE HOTEL STOP THEY ARE OBNOXIOUS AS WE EXPECTED BARKING ORDERS AT US AND THE LAWYER MR H GETS ALONG WELL WITH THEM STOP…

April is the cruellest month… — April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Or perhaps March is the cruellest month, because that’s when I took this photo above. The crocuses, conveniently lilac/purple coloured, looking slightly wilted, struggling against the snow, situated next to a main road… Waste Land vibes indeed.

A new photography and writing prompt ‘series’ — This is the first of a little ‘series’ of blogs in which I match my photos to a work of literature, or intentionally set out to take photos reflecting a work of literature. Many artist borrow from different media, as I have written about before. I find that working with different mediums (music, photography, fine art) assists my writing and vice versa.

And impartiality — I didn’t intend to write another ‘rant’ about art and propaganda, but further to a comment on my previous piece reviewing the First Night of the Proms, I feel it necessary to clarify my opinion on this — so here we go! The BBC is not the only broadcaster presenting…

A review of every Prom I’ve listened to: Part 1 — THE PROMS ARE BACK and as I looked through BBC Music magazine, the programme for this year is brilliant! It has (almost) everything you expect from the Proms as well as some unexpected treats, but also some disappointments, as we shall see — THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE PROMS (14th July 2023) I watched this on BBC 2. (Usually…

There’s no excuse for a bad shot — I’ve been interested in photography for many years, and the 28GB USB stick and multiple ‘clouds’ full of photographs is proof of that. However, recently I have found myself filming more videos. I started a new job which so happens to be near a local nature reserve. This is an…