Mildenhall with Jack, Richard, Bernie, and Tim – prequel to Heligoland
'It was in the email', said and exasperated Richard! as Jack Tim Bernie and I checked in to Mildenhall entrance, photographs taken, ID processed. Jordie (UK MOD) was our man on site and very clear. Richard padded out and did interpretation. The 1930 military barracks buildings were classic functional brick, no frills. At first they… Continue reading Mildenhall with Jack, Richard, Bernie, and Tim – prequel to Heligoland
Coup 53 at Aldeburgh, with Ralph Fiennes
Michael and I arrived just in time to sample a few delicious canapes and down a glass of red, as well as secure a seat in the 3rd row (next to a girl at the end who left and returned 3 times during the film breaking glasses on the way - all very odd). Ralph… Continue reading Coup 53 at Aldeburgh, with Ralph Fiennes
UK Election of Boris
After the exit pole and the manifestation of Conservatives in the Blyth Valley we we are all trying to make sense of it all. Not only out of our beloved Europe - our fellow tribes people, our major trading partner, our scientific research co-respondent, but we have 5 and perhaps even 10 years of this… Continue reading UK Election of Boris
A gift of Paris from Michael
The gift began with drinks at Peter Pennington's, Michael's school friend recently found to be living near by in Woodbridge. A gentle man, with an eye for detail and elephant memory of those past years in Birkenhead grammar school. The Mayor arrived in full regalia, with politics on our minds (3 days to the December… Continue reading A gift of Paris from Michael
Capernaum – Film
It starts with a child taking his parents to court for bringing him into this world. The rest of the film is about how he got to this point. Extraordinary drone airial shots of tyre wheels pepper tin tarps of a jughi. It held our attention for the 2 hours. The terrible harshness of life.… Continue reading Capernaum – Film
Richard Maybey at the Cut
I watched Richard Maybey watching us, as we came in. He has a stick. No socks. He fiddles with the foreign body around his head, a wireless microphone, otherwise he sits comfortably with his arms crossed across his rounded body, his eyes, alive looking out watching us. His interviewer, Patrick Barkham, (environmental correspondent for the… Continue reading Richard Maybey at the Cut
Aldeburgh Doc Fest 2019
Wentworth (conversation 'Was it a breakdown or did you go to pieces?overheard). as I read Tom Corbet's Liverpool book, freshly published, years in the making. Beside me, Michael reads the Guardian, of the new Ken Loach film Sorry We missed you. We both recalled I Daniel Blake, seen in our different lives at a different… Continue reading Aldeburgh Doc Fest 2019
Air Bnb – Spiders
I hope you don't mind spiders, I say to those who come to rent my homeAnd if their eyes flicker I addThey don't come down oftenPlenty to eat up there. Looking up a the magnificent multistoryThread of silk between my ceiling joists"She has eaten today', I assure one"You'll be safe for 48 hours' I addbecoming… Continue reading Air Bnb – Spiders
Shake Festival – The Cut
The 2nd item on the festival Saturday 25th October, is James Holloway - Julius Caesar Workshop 1. James is not here, (It feels like that poem, XX will not read the Times Obituary today, he's dead), but as we all gather in his name for a seed planted by him before he left, now fruiting,… Continue reading Shake Festival – The Cut
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