Rules 5, 6 and 7….and Tintin the sailor.

WABI”’ real time : Mid August, and iv’e just spent the day laying on my back underneath WABI”’ scraping off … More

Finding Sister Susie.

The Preston years. Finding Sister Susie. Finding Crazy Odge. A curious cabinet post. And so..”.a long time ago in a … More

Abbey road/Abbey’s road.

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

Time and tides.

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

The curious cabinet.

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

That Satori moment.

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

From Tamar to Tolkien.

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

A Golden age….but for who ?

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

A dedicated follower of fashion.

I can feel a rant coming on ! I write around 150 posts a year on the blog and i … More

Look to windward.

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