August 2023
The most powerful video ever posted to YouTube
I first saw this video when it was release on YouTube and immediately knew this guy had created something very special. It wasn’t the usually mind-numbing drivel that seems to dominate the search result. It was thought provoking, challenged the norms of always being online and most importantly of all, got me to examine my…
I’ve never seen the likes, before or since.
I’ve always been a fan of Last Night of the Proms. It’s a huge celebration of how great is it to be British. Many classically trained musicians love playing the old classics in what had become a traditionally selected programme of music. However, I’ve never seen a Proms night quite like that in the video.…
The City Hall was saved
Back in 2013, can it really be ten years ago, Newcastle City Council had to respond to comments they were planning to closed the iconic music venue, Newcastle City Hall. Far from being a council administrative building, as some may infer from its name, it is a concert venue with a capacity in excess of…
A tale from a Captain
It seems like everyone is talking about the Women’s World Cup Football Final today, but it isn’t the first world cup. Ask a football fan when the first world cup was held and they will probably tell you it was in Uruguay in 1930. But if you go back to 1909, you’ll find teams competing…
When I went through the Time Tunnel
My parents were great believers in the Sunday family trip out. They both had connections to towns on the River Tyne in the northeast of England, so imagine my delight when my dad announced we were going to go through the Time Tunnel. That had been my favourite show on TV for a while. At…
I didn’t understand at the time, I just thought it was cracking song
I remember when this song, Luka, was in the charts. Suzanne Vega seemed as though she was on every radio station I tuned into. It was a great song and I went through a short phase where it would feature heavily on CD player. (Yes back in the days of CDs) It wasn’t until years…
Now then grapple fans
The ceremonial unmasking of Kendo Nagasaki. Many a wrestler tried to unmask him in the ring. None of them succeeded. However, if I recall correctly, he always vowed that he would never be unmasked unless he was defeated in the ring. He was one of the many wrestling characters who would appear on World of…
There are some times you’ve just got to tell it how it is
I’ve always been a fan of Spike Milligan, or to give him a formal introduction Terence Alan Milligan KBE. Like most folks, I think, I first heard of him on the Goon Show when one of the BBC Radio Stations was repeating them. Then his TV Shows Q5, Q6 etc. However, I think his most…
Playing in the woods
When I was a kid, there were three things that I was absolutely obsessed about. I probably spent the most time in the local woods up until I was around fourteen years of age. I was a keen BP Scout and my friends and I were forever learning about fieldcraft and building temporary shelters in…
