Monthly Archives: February 2022

Mad youths

Posted on 20th February 2022 by Ian

“He went over the hedge with Pammie in the car. He was going down Turn Hill.” The story was unsurprising. Pammie was a slim, blonde-haired, blue-eyed head turner. If you were old enough to have had a bank account, you … Continue reading →

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Don’t take away the music

Posted on 19th February 2022 by Ian

The Sixth Year students are nothing, if not eclectic, in their tastes in music. From a Twenty-First Century rap, one switched to playing Stayin’ Alive by The Bee Gees. A discussion ensued about a production of Grease that is to … Continue reading →

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Death-announcing owls

Posted on 17th February 2022 by Ian

We laughed at the superstitions we used to have, not that superstitions seemed ever to be about anything happy. Death and misfortune seemed generally to be the order of the day for those who failed to observe the necessary precautions. … Continue reading →

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Figures in the darkness

Posted on 16th February 2022 by Ian

Perhaps among the writings of Freud or those of Jung, there is an explanation. Why are there certain images from childhood that recur in the memory? They are not images from significant moments, they are not images from occasions shared … Continue reading →

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I may as well try and catch the wind

Posted on 15th February 2022 by Ian

When did popular music become popular? There were folk songs that people knew that were passed down from generation to generation, and there were the music hall songs from the Nineteenth Century known and sung in urban and industrial communities … Continue reading →

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