The Oska Bright Festival is the world’s first film festival run by, and for, people with a learning disability.It’s a bi-annual event that takes place here in Brighton but draws people from all over the world and it is a thing of joy. Read the rest of this article »
Did you notice that Christmas has started a little later this year. It must be a sign of the times or the fact that I am seldom home at the moment, but I seem to have missed out on the perennial moaning about Christmas coming too soon. In fact, the general opinion seems to be that it isn’t coming soon enough. Read the rest of this article »
Moving home is a stressful experience and that’s a fact. It’s expensive and tiring and you lose stuff. I know this only too well. Over the years I have lost so much stuff that it makes me want to weep. Mind you, I like a good weep. I spent Saturday morning crying over the demise of Schmeichel – I know, how sad am I? Read the rest of this article »
In a previous existence many years ago part of my job was to art direct book covers for science fiction. I made the immediate mistake of referring to them as sci-fi but the chief editor of the genre Malcolm soon put me right. “Sci-fi is film,” he announced ,“we call it SF, pronounced ess eff.” I resisted the urge to tell him to ess eff off. Read the rest of this article »
Purgatory! That’s where I’m going, and it’s now official.
By which I mean to say that I am, as of now, officially declaring that neither Heaven nor Hell is for me, no way, no how! Read the rest of this article »
Much as I love eating out, I also love to eat in. Nothing makes me happier than a trip to my favourite food shops and a day in the kitchen. Given that we have been moving of late, that has not been high on my list of priorities and let’s face it, half the kitchen stuff, of which I have more than enough, has been packed away in boxes, some of which were marked bedroom. Read the rest of this article »
Life in the rich confines of the Kemp Town Enclosures is very good indeed, sophisticated, stylish and sociable. Already we have met charming neighbours and enjoyed the local amenities like Swans and Hudson & Bridges. Mr R even did his exemplary Dot Cotton impression, complete with fag and quiff, at the local launderette when he decided to wash everything that we owned in one marathon session. Read the rest of this article »
Facebook, you either love it or you hate it. I still love it, I like being able to chat to friends and family, it keeps me in touch and to some extent out of trouble, filling my spare moments with silly word games with which I become obsessed. Read the rest of this article »
Too darn hot! In typical British fashion, summer arrived too late, too late for school kids to enjoy the sun, too late for those who booked summer breaks to enjoy the relaxing warmth of a summer holiday. Read the rest of this article »
Dust! Where does it all come from?
I dust and I vaccum on a reasonably regular basis, by which I mean from time to time, but how the stuff accrues. Read the rest of this article »
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