A total whatever…
“Funny how ye tell people a story to make a point and ye fail, ye fail, a total disaster. Not only do ye no make yer point it winds up the exact fucking opposite man,…
Searching for the authentic working class voice…
I’m not sure when it happened but at some point between 1995, when I found myself back in education, and 2008, when my ‘work play’ about a bunch of lifeboatmen coming to terms with having…
Pale blue dot…
Been reading Carl Sagan this weekend. Prompted by Robin Ince talking about Pale Blue Dot on the Bookshambles podcast recorded at Bluedot Festival. Anyway… “Before we invented civilization our ancestors lived mainly in the open…
Songs really mean…
Often wish I was in the songwriting game. “And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of bad times because of those songs. And…
Jumping…
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” Kurt Vonnegut – If This Isn’t Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young “In strange and uncertain times such…
Again and again…
“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” Goethe – Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship…
Inhaling and exhaling…
I love walking alongside rivers and estuaries and seafronts and hearing water lapping, and waves washing. The best place for ideas, and writing, and thinking, dreaming, living and breathing. And this is why… “Although the…
Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules of Writing…
Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules of Writing 1. Never open a book with weather. 2. Avoid prologues. 3. Never use a verb other than “said” to carry dialogue. 4. Never use an adverb to modify the…
Pantno…
Usually around this time of year I’m generally putting off thinking about writing a panto. For the last four years, I’ve been in the lucky position of writing the festive fayre for those young whippersnappers…
Supply & Demand…
Here’s a jolly little poem for you on a Friday afternoon, ’bout a corner of Hull, along with an attractive image of said corner. Have a nice weekend. Supply & Demand She was standing under…