One would have thought that dance and any sort of culture war associated with it would have moved with the times for the word ‘war’ to be delinked from ‘culture’. Elvis died 42 years ago.…
Sometimes real life collides with fiction. Walter Mitty needed to get to Greenland in a great hurry from America and he made it. The only difference being that Walter Mitty didn’t daydream it all. In the…
I have wanted to visit Las Vegas since my teenage years. At the age of 56, I have finally made it.
A friend of mine who has never been interested in politics, ever, has asked me whether she can accompany me to the next march I attend. Another friend has been asking me to explain Jo…
Rich man who ‘facilitated’ sleazy and sordid parties (or whatever euphemism), Jerry Epstein, is found dead in his solitary cell while awaiting an uber high-profile trial at which some household names were, allegedly, to be…
In the summer of 2017 when my daughter finished her school years I felt a sense of loss. Call it ‘Empty Nest Syndrome’ for want of a better word but it isn’t an entirely accurate…
Imagine this. You and your partner have videoed yourselves carrying out intimate acts together. You think that this is for your private viewing. You wake up one day and discover that umpteen (make that millions)…
Austerity affected my life as it did millions of others. I was a signed up member of the Liberal Democrat party but almost left the party over it. I voted for the Green Party in…
Nick Clegg, let’s face it, normally trends on Twitter for negative reasons, to put it mildly. He has been called a lot of things since his departure from politics but tonight there is a different…
Most of us have a guilty pleasure and mine, sometimes, is to fall asleep with the TV on. It often happens during Question Time. That is not because I find it a yawningly boring programme.…
When forgetfulness gets the better of me I take it as a sign to slow down these days. A cluttered life results in a cluttered mind. Way too much multi-tasking can result in multi-disasters. While…
One has reached a certain age in one’s life and one is fed up of compromising. In plain English, I don’t want to compromise anymore and want things my way. Is that so unreasonable? All…
