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The first Dr Who remembered
'It's not my first blue plaque,’, explained Michael. His first was Noel Coward. But even so, I felt honoured to be invited to accompany Michael - it was after all Dr Who. (MUSIC FADES UP) William Hartnell was the first Doctor, and Michael, fresh out of Oxford and a youthful 20, was directing one of… Continue reading The first Dr Who remembered
Festivals 2018 – Buddhafield
Buddhafield July 2018 “And where is your voice from?’ a Navaho Indian returned my question to him back to me, and suddenly Suffolk seemed so far away and I am so relieved to find this field which kept reminding me of India all those years ago. I tried but could not hold Henry’s suggestion to… Continue reading Festivals 2018 – Buddhafield
Festivals – July 2018 – Lattitude
This was the year of festivals, I'd written it into my New Year resolutions and I actually did it. Late developer or what. I booked WOMAD, Buddhafield, Henry told me of Buddhafield, the usual Folk East, and Latitude. This write up has never been finished, but I'm putting in the few notes I took then… Continue reading Festivals – July 2018 – Lattitude
Tim, Isle of Sheppey and Maidens
Tim will always have a place in this wood. After the auction, after the 20 days, after the payment of the complete amount I took a bottle of champagne to the wood, with a chair and a glass, and the dog Kali naturally. I emptied the bubbling wine, walked the edges of the wood, watched… Continue reading Tim, Isle of Sheppey and Maidens
Lack of Agency
Charlie’s been visiting here in Suffolk for a few days. I wish I’d had a pen and written down. Irrelevant now except to recall the desire to capture his words, so keen and often poignant. ‘Don’t be so hard on yourself’, I remind him as he chastises himself again. I sleep all the time. I… Continue reading Lack of Agency
‘Mind over matter’: Stephen Hawking – obituary by Roger Penrose
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/stephen-hawking-obituary Sciences brightest star.
From Auriole
I often talk about you with people about how you basically gave Dad such a lease of life in his last years How you helped us all get through the eleven years of what it was like loving, caring and trying to help a triple amputee. I've sought you out for ages. You were a… Continue reading From Auriole
2018 Europe with the 3 S’s – Spain
Spain - football, Dali, Guardi, El Grecco, tomatoes, Bullfighting, Civil War, omlets, inquisition, Hemmingway, Ferdinand and Isabella, Picasson's Gurnica Lloret de Mar As we arrived at our first camp we have our first explosion and I walked off to find the sea. What was it about? A curtailment of freedom. B needed his familiarities more… Continue reading 2018 Europe with the 3 S’s – Spain
Out of kilter
UN Climate change meeting ends on Bonn today and it’s way down the pecking order of news on Radio 4, well after the usual headlines of Brexit. This particular morning I fell so profoundly that my tribe is so distracted with endless Brexit squabbles, and is missing the big picture, and thereby so am I… Continue reading Out of kilter
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