Nostalgia (Part Two)
iii My formative years were founded in the temporary – moving towns far too frequently to establish any kind of stability or peer group – and I find myself often … Continue reading
Crab and Bee’s Matter of Britain: Mythlands of Albion
It has been many, many years since I read ‘Matter of Britain’ and even then, it was a condensed version. It was a tough read, being mostly in mediaeval vernacular. … Continue reading
The Magic TV
For the first time, I have a small black and white TV in my room—a Christmas present. I was able to shut myself away and watch what I wanted; the … Continue reading
Haunted Time – Haunted Space – Explorations of Hauntology, Agoraphobia and Time’s Arrow (Part One)
“People assume that time is a strict progression from cause to effect, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it’s more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey… stuff… Doctor … Continue reading
Drama! or, The Creation of Ghosts.
I attended several secondary schools and embracing the supernatural seemed to be high on everyone’s agenda. I was in the Drama Group at one school, and we were performing … Continue reading
Dream Tyne – Travels Around the North East Coast (Part Three)
David Bowie 2 I own most of Bowie’s work in one format or another (often multiple formats) and was delighted that on reaching the Whitby, the Tesco superstore had a … Continue reading
Dream Tyne – Travels Around The North East Coast (Part Two)
Ravenscar – A Brief History 1 It is the fifth century. The Roman Empire is in catastrophic decline and the last of the legions stationed at Peak Fort pack up … Continue reading
A Psalm of Stone – Travels around Avebury (Part Two)
7 The lack of stones, the absence of carvings made Avebury feel somehow ‘less’. Not being able to see the sites that thrilled me as a child was a deep … Continue reading
A Psalm of Stone – Travels Around Avebury (Part One)
1 In 1977, ITV first broadcast a children’s TV drama – produced by HTV – called ‘Children of the Stones.’ Set in the Neolithic village of ‘Milbury,’ it told a … Continue reading
Ardnamurchan
i -1968 When I was four years old, we went on holiday with to the exotic sounding Ardnamurchan Point on the west coast of Scotland. I remember leaving home in the … Continue reading
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