3rd February 2019
OK I’m not talking about being dunked in an olympic sized water tank tied up to my eyeballs in chains usually used to tether continental tankers. Nor am I talking about being in a creepy subterranean room, empty save for Read more…
12th January 2019
I hate January. Its a time of year when my gut instincts are to shut down and hibernate (I’m sure I’m a genetically modified squirrel) but it invariably tends to be a month that’s riddled with shit storms. (I just Read more…
11th January 2019
I do love it when I’m right. Dont get me wrong, I dont obsess about it, or go around in this tshirt (much as I confess I’m tempted) but when it comes to teaching art, I thrive on proving that Read more…
12th March 2018
Africans are a people blessed with an innate gracefulness and charm. When they smile, they release a contagious endorphin; when they laugh, they laugh with their whole body, an uplifting energy which you'd have to be chronically depressed not to Read more…
4th March 2018
Loud grumbling thunder starts rolling across the heavy laden night sky. I lounge in a rattan armchair in the subdued light of a wide veranda, glass of exquisite South African wine at my elbow. The warm rain is coming down Read more…
25th January 2018
I am having a hard time putting my thoughts down. Its like being a shepherd without a sheepdog, trying to coral a flock of bloody minded sheep charging off in all directions. At the best of times the inside of Read more…
21st August 2017
I love scary movies-not the slash and burn type-more of the spooky sort. I recall watching one such movie ages ago, late at night (when else?), alone (because no-one else fancied being scared shitless) and almost dislocated my back from Read more…
16th August 2017
…and There's Nowt So Queer As Folk…(ref: Welsh Bible Ch.1 vs.1) In 1967 when the UK partially decriminalised #homosexuality I was 10 years old and my family were in the process of getting out of Kenya and moving to Dubai. Read more…
23rd July 2017
These three youngsters with their beaming open-faced smiles could likely be anywhere in the world. They could be found scampering around in the leafy spaces of city parks. They could be found joshing around on the manicured lawns of suburban Read more…
20th July 2017
Steven Spielberg has a lot to answer for. He traumatised probably a generation of teenagers, myself included, who regarded a night-time swim as something pleasurable and romantic. Especially those who would spend their school vacations in a hot climate such Read more…
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