by cols61 | Aug 4, 2019 | The "Don't Fit Any Category" Category!
The Language of Waves!….The Gloaming by Kirsty Logan ………’I have sea foam in my veins…. I understand the language of waves’ From Le Testament d’Orphee, a film by Jean Cocteau The island. Selkies. A mermaid. These are...
by cols61 | Mar 16, 2017 | The "Don't Fit Any Category" Category!
Ezra Pound….For A Pound…. In Poundland ……and Social Cleansing The Easyjet Way! AN EVENING WITH SIMON ARMITAGE…. In conversation with Claire Armistead from The Guardian I went with high expectations last week to see Simon Armitage at The...
by cols61 | Sep 25, 2016 | The "Don't Fit Any Category" Category!
…………There’s a so-called award in Scotland for the most dismal town called the ‘Plook on a Plinth’ ( a ‘Plook’ is the delightful colloquial term we Scots give to a pimple!). The nominees for this award for...
by cols61 | Aug 24, 2016 | The "Don't Fit Any Category" Category!
Twas In That Season When A Simple Bard….. Burns Night 2014 Celebrating the birthday of Robert Burns Poetry. Stuff. ………..25th January – Robert Burns birthday and a special day for Scotland and for those around the world who love...
by cols61 | Nov 15, 2015 | The "Don't Fit Any Category" Category!
“When You Are Going Through Hell….. Keep Going!”……….. This quote from borrowed from Churchill gives away from the outset how I felt about Packing For Mars! It wasn’t for me. It’s not normally the kind of book I’d...
by cols61 | Nov 8, 2015 | The "Don't Fit Any Category" Category!
………..From the start I guess I should offer a kind of health warning for this review. I’m writing this the morning after reading Jonathan Jones review of the new Damien Hirst exhibition in London. If you’ve not read that review –...
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