I used to live in Blackpool where my family ran a hotel for some 10 years. Sometimes – mainly under duress from Rachel my then girlfriend – I returned for a short break to revisit the old place. One haunt I found myself being drawn towards is a place nicknamed “Tacky city” a group of small…
Sense8 Cast Party Niarobi
ArtSense8 Production still, 12mp 4240 x 2832
Sense8
Media TelevisionIf there’s a word to describe Sense8 I would choose progressive in the depiction of our species, not as one homogeneous lump but one of complexity and diversity.
Why are Pull-ups so hard for the over 40’s ?
Lifestyle Diet and ExerciseVery few men in their 40’s can manage a pull-up without substantial training and the realisation they can’t do it always comes as a shock.
Poison Pen Letter
Friends Life Stories MeMy absolute best friend in childhood was Mr David Hughes but despite our near unbreakable friendship we did sometimes fall out bad style.
Atrophy and the over 40’s
Lifestyle Diet and ExerciseOk – so your in your 40’s and caught sight of yourself in a mirror and thought wow I look like a sack of spuds – how the hell did that happen? Maybe your next thoughts are to exercise furiously to regain that body and vigor of your youth – well just hang on for…
Easy Riders
Life Stories MeMy girlfriend and later to be my wife Rachel had a penchant for fast motorbikes In her time she went though amongst others a CBR 600, VFF 400, VFR 750 and a big Honda Virago 750.
Me Before You 2016
FilmLets start by saying I have never seen an episode of Game of Thrones. Me before You is the only work I have seen Emelia Clarke in. So whats to be made of this choice then?.
A man walks into a bar
Life Stories MePreviously I talked about my skill with cards and how I would see someone doing something and then decide to become proficient in that skill. Another day another skill and weirdly another one of those spaghetti westerns to blame. This time I believe it was the film “Revenge in El Paso” staring yet again Mario…
The Yellow Caguole
Life Stories MeIn the 80’s my family owned two hotels one after the other in Blackpool, the Park Villa and then The Highfield. There are a lot of stories related to the hotel however there is one encounter that every year since will unexpectedly pop into my head.