Daemons and Angels.

At the end of my summer cruise around Brittany i had a bit of spare time when i wasn’t doing … More

Open wide, oh earth.

Not my average post…… Here are a few dates for you, and the question is : what happened that day … More

A curious cabinet post. Once a month now i intend to post an update on the ‘cabinet of curiosities’ which … More

Title photograph : Zabriskie point, unknown photographer. If i said to you ‘Abbey Road’ , what image or memory would … More

So many expressions have entered the language from the world of ships, sailing and the sea that most people would … More

I thought today that i would show you one of the things that i have been working on over the … More

In my last post of 2018 i was trying to say why i don’t particularly like the high-end yachts such … More

And from ‘The Orwell‘ to George Orwell…..see what i did there ? This is of course one of my ‘Look … More

Now, should that be ‘who’ or ‘whom‘ ? my grammatical’s are never the best. In this post i am going … More

“ Gentile or Jew O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome … More