Monthly Archives: December 2020

Steve Lamacq concludes the Friday edition of his BBC Radio Six drivetime programme with a “free for all.” Listeners are invited to request whatever song they choose. The selections are sometimes very random, it is an hour when records that … Continue reading →

Smoke drifted across the motorway at Cheltenham. The dryness of the mid-December day had allowed a garden bonfire, its scent unmistakeable to those who journeyed by. It was a brief moment. Few people were going to forego the opportunity of … Continue reading →

A “prepper” to me would have been someone who prepared people for surgical procedures, or perhaps someone at boarding school who completed what other schools would set as homework. “Prep” is preparation and it seems a “prepper” is neither a … Continue reading →

A memory surfaces from childhood days. It is dark, and it is late at night. Late could have meant anything after ten o’clock; we were always an “early to bed, early to rise” household. We are travelling home in my … Continue reading →