Oct 29, 2020

A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

I am a secret romantic at heart, but keep that fact to yourselves. One of my favourite films is a film set in the Second World War called A Matter of Life and Death

Oct 27, 2020

Dreich!

Dreich!

Hope I spelt that right... Early tuesday morning trundle

Oct 26, 2020

A Knave and an Earl

A Knave and an Earl

Recently it was the anniversary of the Charge of the Light Brigade. The incidents outcome still reverberates in military circles. I even think it is discussed in the military history training that officers are taught at Sandhurst. My family have no connection with that battle.

Oct 20, 2020

Sublime!

Sublime!

I am not a film critic by any stretch of the imagination, but today, feeling a bit distracted, I watched a film that always entertains no matter how many times I watch it.

Oct 7, 2020

Melancholy

Melancholy

Autumn always make me wistful. I heard, or read, that John Lennon would have been eighty years old, and that Janis Joplin killed herself fifty years ago. So sad.

Oct 5, 2020

Dragons Tales

Dragons Tales

I have never really thought about pain. You don't. But to some people it is ingrained, built into their lives and any release even momentarily is bliss.

Aug 25, 2020

Launch of Cadmus

Launch of Cadmus

Here are some old pictures from the 18th of May 2003 of Cadmus being launched! Some old friends in these pictures are sadly no longer with us, ave atque vale!