It must be said that Bristol is very good at putting on shows of all types; music, comedy, balloon festivals, and the Harbor Festival that has grown to be one of the biggest in the country of its type. We thought we ought to go especially as the weather promised not to be too hot. In the event it was sticky and unpleasant, not by tropical standards for example India, Singapore or Sri Lanka but...
I have had some jolly community-based events this week. The first one was my men's group in Frome when two young Christian pioneers were telling us how they wanted to help spread the Christian gospel and meet people on their own terms without any form of judgment or preaching. Holy Trinity Church in Frome, so I was told, has a Friday night caravan which is towed into the city center and is...
Today I went to pick up my art purchase from a local gallery. Sometimes I imagine one would have a tinge of regret or doubt. Did I do the right thing? On seeing it three weeks later, there was no question. The work had my name on it. It says so much about sex, sexuality, identity, ambivalence, the goddess that this will keep me fed for a long time. Above all, it asks a question. Every image or...
Today's is a photo essay, originating from my visit to the Frome Festival which includes lots of elements of art or should I say the arts. This time, I have decided to focus on the unlovely, the uncared for, the abandoned, the useless.and now to some more artistic art.Frome at its best is a wonderful sparkly intellectual town, a bit less snobby than Wells, and with enough entertainment to keep...
What happens when your pet wants a piece of the action? We have had the second of two wonderful examples of professional people being interrupted. The above is Dr Jerzy Targalski, an esteemed Polish historian talking about the forced removal of a top judge to a Dutch TV station. He just carried on talking when his cat stole the show. The second one happened over a year ago to Prof Robert Kelly....
I don't know whether it's the weather,but I am singularly bereft of inspiration for my diary. It's not that nothing has been happening but the fact of the matter is that I am devoting the majority of my time and effort to making the world's largest and most authoritative running commentary on Smart Meters and 5G. I'm listing information from about 25 countries the moment and after entering the...
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Inspired by Samuel Pepys’ Diary 1633-1703