Thames magic at Eynsham
Thames magic at Eynsham is my favourite painting I have ever made.
It shows an imagined…
The songs of Nick Drake – live!
In the 32 years since Nick Drake’s untimely death in 1974 his music has found a life of its own and now boasts an army of devoted fans who revere the unique beauty of Nick’s small but perfect…
Before they were famous?
In preparation for going to Denmark next week to look at the country’s ancient Bron…
Rock of ages
Jethro Tull has been making music since 1968. The band’s frontman and creative visionary Ian Anderson was just a lad of 20 when it all kicked off 38 years ago. So it wasn’t surprising to find …
Tolls can be scrapped
I’ve been whinging on about the woes caused by toll collection on Swinford Toll Bridge for weeks now. I thought perhaps we were the only community to blighted with such a stupid, antiquated toll problem.
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Safe in your place deep in the earth
Time has told me
You’re a rare, rare find
A troubled cure…
Any excuse for a party
Let’s face it, for most of us St Patrick’s Day is irrelevant. Where I live most of us are not Irish. Most of us aren’t practising christians. So all that is left is an excuse, so the Guinness Corporation would have it, for a party. Well, I guess that…
Head teachers should be able to write basic sentences
This is not Cleo’s headmaster!The media tells us education standards are dr…
Please support my one-woman campaign!
I can’t sit around ranting about that wretched toll bridge anymore. I have to do something. So this evening I have set up an online petition, …
Taking its toll
Since I posted Tolled Off about the daily misery caused by the Swinford Toll Bridge in west Oxfordshire, I have a number of responses from people by email and verbally…
