Trigger warnings

A recent article in The Australian covered the trigger warnings given to the audience in a recent production of Macbeth.  Long warnings were given about ‘coarse language, explicit depiction of violence and blood, sexual references, discussion of warfare, discussion of...

A Town Called Ars

In Woodstock I recently caught up with two brothers of my age, who are family friends as our fathers were best buddies.  In our twenties we would endlessly make fun of our fathers after their reunions as they grumbled and griped about the modern world.  We now agreed...

Gatwick I love you

I have been staying in Tenby in Pembrokeshire where I rented a top-floor apartment overlooking the harbour.  It had a large roof terrace, which was big enough to hold a party for twenty, and it was enclosed by a brick wall of midriff height.  This had the advantage...

London Ho!

I was just hours away from catching a flight to Sydney en route to London, when Her Indoors rang in a blind panic from France asking me to bring a blouse and skirt to France.  Hers not mine.  While she was on the phone I vainly searched through her cupboard.  After...

Travel Broadens The Mind

Been travelling a bit recently.  First off was Sydney where it seemed to be common practice for men to wear dangly crucifix earrings.  As I don’t get out much this was a first for me so I had to google it.  Apparently, it is either a sign of being a Christian or...