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 […]
It was a few years ago since I appeared but you can never lose that feeling of success,even if you don’t win. I was never the best at presentation but I’d never put as much thought into anything in my life. I should confess at this point , I had no idea what an entree […]
Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. Oscar Wilde I read this quote and I thought, for one day only, I would say what I thought without restriction to everyone I met. I would be completely myself,without a mask. I stayed in the house the first day and didn’t see anybody. […]
The road goes ever on and on Reading I used to read a lot, and every book I read, it was my ambition to read one without needing to look in the dictionary. I scribbled down each word on bits of paper and stuck them on the doors and walls with masking tape. invidious, emoluments,virement,abstruse,recondite,horse […]
The rebel fish 