Nick’s funeral will take place on 30 April at St Peter’s Church, De Beauvoir Road, N.1, at 1.00 p.m. He was an atheist, but the vicar isn’t fussy about that sort of thing and Nick was never militant. To my … Continue reading
OBITUARY Nicholas Webb – Publisher and Author – 1949-2012 To know Nick Webb was to fall in love with his wit, intelligence, affability, generosity and self-deprecating charm (“No, no, too much, dear chap. No need to pile it on with … Continue reading
The New Author, by Ruby Barnes – a review The New Author is a very good book and highly recommended to anyone thinking of independently e-publishing their work. It’s full of detailed practical advice, including warnings about the pitfalls, and … Continue reading
FLYING WITH MONKEYS It’s 1991 and here I am in Delhi for the first time with my Indian lawyer, Mr. Ratnadatta, on the lookout for a likely fellow to name as our candidate on a three-man arbitration panel. Mr. R … Continue reading
I’ve written before about the couple of planned gigs by Alan Williams and me at the Lymm and Buxton Festivals in July. He will deliver his songs and I shall read my verse and prose. We hope for international stardom, … Continue reading
OK, it’s time to come clean and lift the veil on a disgraceful past. My friend Rangoon Jim cheerfully confesses that, in his foolish youth in the seventies, he was a gay porn star. We think he played the refrigerator … Continue reading
As easter approaches, I’ve been remembering a delightful holiday the missus and I spent about five years ago. this piece is what I wrote about it. ******* An hour and a half north of my home lies the Forest of … Continue reading
Several things happened yesterday. A close relative is on the point of death. A friend I love dearly is in distress because her partner is undergoing one of his episodic breakdowns. I have tried out my new food processor and … Continue reading
As I write the sun is shining and the weather is unseasonably mild and dry: quite lovely. On Palm Sunday, 1461, it snowed. For some reason I know this sort of stuff and I had occasion to check again recently … Continue reading