What is real and what is not real? When I was quite young. I saw the film Chariots of the Gods,  based on Eric Von Daniken's book, at...

I remember as a child seeing from the family car, the strange temple like buildings along the Golden Mile stretch of the Great West Road...

The ferry was nearing it's destination – the Island of Symi, just an hour from Rhodes. My senses are alive after the beautiful crossing....

“A great man of letters” That's the phrase that came to mind. It's a bit like “Renaissance man” it's one of those things. I am always...

So we're now in the 3rd week of our relatively liberal lock down. The 23rd of March was the last time I had gathered with chums in Oxford...

Such a relief to have entered 2020. The threat of that Pol Pot Corbyn and his henchmen and henchwimmin averted along with their Year Zero...

There must be a whole sub culture of people who have to take their washing to a launderette to get it dry in winter. The last few dryers...

This Jolly person looks down at me as I do a bit of voluntary work at the Ashmolean. I'm on the entry desk for the the Pompeii...

It's quite possible to go downmarket in Oxford and so for a refreshing alternative I walked over to Cowley. Up the hill and left to...

Allow me to introduce my pair of Poison Dart Frogs! As you can see they seem to be bonding well. I don't want to disillusion you but...

I first came across this print version of the scream in my local library. I must have been in my early teens. I had a visceral reaction...

After my last Blog my younger brother asked me if I remembered The Queen Sankskeny . To which I replied - WTF was that all about ? Allow...

Robert Biggs came round one day and this is the sight that was waiting when I answered the door. He also sometimes wore a brigadier...

Someone called school days the happiest days of your life. Who was that person and what became of them? It's not fair that somebody says...

YE GODS! There was a sweet smell of spring in the air today. I have walked past girls in Oxford and thought “she really shouldn't be...

I had started watching one of BBC 4's excellent historical documentaries presented by James Fox -Bright Lights Brilliant Minds about...

In these gender bending times I have only so far been asked once how I identified myself. It was at my first session at RELATE last year....

I no longer have any expectations..... no point; it never snows any more at Christmas; at least not in the South East. Was it ever...

And further more! One great thing about being an adult is knowing stuff and also knowing that adults are just other people. At school...

Can you judge a book by it's cover? – Can you judge the Zeitgeist by a Book Shop? I have been drawn inexorably into Blackwells again....