This is an LP I bought in the 1960s. SRO signifies Standing Room Only, a reference to Herb Alpert’s popularity. My taste in music has evolved since then. It wasn’t until I was in my mid-fifties that I began to enjoy Wagner.
From Wodehouse to Wittgenstein
Think Out of the Box – Stay In the EU
What does it mean to be British? It may not be your first thought, but it’s British to buy a TV licence. No other country in the world has our system of paying for a TV service – the BBC. Do you believe me? Well you shouldn’t, because quite a few countries fund broadcasters through… Continue reading Think Out of the Box – Stay In the EU
The Go-Between
What’s up, after reading this remarkable post i am too cheerful to share my experience here with mates This is the sort of spam that arrives. It is atypical only in that usually it’s a desire to share my stuff with their mates, if they have any, and the World Wide Web. A reader has… Continue reading The Go-Between
Le Patron Mange Ici … Non?
Hotels are required to have restaurants and they used to be great places to dine well and quite cheaply. These days they hand their dining rooms over to celebrity chefs – so it’s no bargain. How often a celeb chef sets a foot in “his” dining room, let alone the kitchen, is a moot point.… Continue reading Le Patron Mange Ici … Non?
Piano Concerto
Two Principled Politicians
Big Bang Theory
I enjoyed sounding the gong to announce meals at Barmeath in my childhood. Under my grandmother’s instruction my technique improved from loud bashing (think Top Cat summoning the gang) to a subtler, gradually increasing crescendo, beating around the edge of the gong, culminating in a final stroke, fortissimo, to the centre.