There is a trend I’ve found over life is that every opinion I’ve ever had has turned out to be wrong eventually.Some opinions were definitely right, but circumstances changed and they became wrong. It’s annoying as those ones are often my favourites.Some opinions were never right in the first place but I thought they were. […]
I was Aged 8 or 9. Over a thousand young children from many different schools around the county were privileged enough to go and see David Attenborough perform. Perform is,perhaps the wrong word, talk is more accurate. He’s not a dancer,a juggler or a clown. Yet I always wondered about him. Will there be a […]
Many people are quick to give others advice,have you noticed? Kissing lots of frogs seems to be the most popular form of relationship advice. My advice Much as I would hate to dismiss anyone’s advice without due consideration, my advice is this : Start with humans. You don’t have to work your way through the […]
You know the person who says they couldn’t give two figs about something? They never have any figs. I don’t have any either but I don’t go on about it. What am I missing? If I was boasting I would start with at least ten figs. You would then say you had 11. Obviously I […]
One thing I always liked about America was how quick they are to adopt neologisms and develop language. If you’re in america you might agree to meet someone for lunch and drive for hours to get there – at the same time everyone is dropping adverbs – as its an extra syllable- nobody has time […]
Imagine if you have an urgent need and are forced to ask something you would never normally do. You can’t just come out and ask – you have to do it in a way that will seem socially acceptable. You would ever knock on your next door neighbours door and ask to go to the […]
Walking through the woods, entirely filled with flowering garlic – and with trees, obviously. Entirely alone, I though it would be a great place to get my easel out. The reflection of the light through the trees was just perfect. I looked back and found the perfect spot to paint. I also had an idea […]
Entirely by accident I found myself at the South Bank in London. For rather less than 1,001 nights but it was for Scheherazade . Helped along by a double vodka and by sitting in the posh box it was the first concert that drove me to tears. Despite the stories and emotions in the piece […]
I hate to disappoint you, but I’ve heard you still think there is only one of me. I’ve got some bad news. Mistakes Every mistake I make creates another universe with a successful me in it. There is no limit. Considering the amount of mistakes I’ve made in life so far, that number is already […]
In my experience, if I taught this man to fish, several things would happen : He would be much better at catching fish than me. He would gloat to me about how good he was at catching fish. He would diss my fish catching abilities to others, making me a laughing stock. I would have […]
The rebel fish 