A Titan

JK Galbraith’s foreword to the British edition of this novel is timeless. He wrote it in 1990 and it is as relevant now as it was thirty-two years ago; his style is faultless; not often a trait of an economist.

Thursday, Bum Day

Yesterday’s Wordle had me stumped until I thought of using American spelling.

Arma Pacis Fulcra

Was it really forty-five years ago; the Silver Jubilee?

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The Mating Season

Azina has spotted the new camera in her nesting box, supplied by Raptor Aid. She looks like Bertie (back on his vittles) asking to be taken for a walk.

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Going Electric

Bob Dylan went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. He played Maggie’s Farm on a Fender Stratocaster. To digress, he left it on a ‘plane after the festival and it wasn’t found until 2012.

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Stage and Screen

Would you like to go to a musical about two teenage (18 and 19) Chicago college boys who murder a 14 year-old boy in Chicago for fun?

All Creatures

Number 56 is conveniently located between Charing Cross Hospital and Medivet on Barons Court Road.

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