RIP Soul Brother Number One
The Godfather of Soul, legendary funkmeister …
Frenzied birds on nuts action
To be honest, we haven’t seen much feathery action in the garden since I put out a bird table in October. But since it has been cold, foggy and frosty over the past couple of days, the little birds in the neighbourhood have finally got their act togethe…
Shortest day
Ah! at last it’s 21 December – the shortest day – or rather, the day with the fewest hours of daylight. The length of the day itself remains 24 of your earth hours. The actual solstice…
Ongoing mystery
How did the perfectly simply phrase going on, used to describe an activity which i…
Too late for the Chinese River Dolphin
In 1989 when I was travelling through India, I had the very great privilege of spotting a …
Bank robbery
Did you see the The Money Programme on BBC2 at 10pm last night?
Butch Cassidy and Su…
Are they not women first?
Gemma Adams’ body was found in a stream on 2 December.
In practically ev…
Feminism and atheism
Since I had a …
Bah humbug
The Sun newspaper has been running a series of articles about Christmas killjoys. Get a load of this, this…
See the glory of Nearly Dan
The facts speak for themselves. I had already had the pleasure of being entertained by the finest Steely Dan tribute band out there, Nearly Dan, twice this year already: …
