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Continue reading →: Will ‘that dress’ makes us better people?From my opinion column written for the Egremont 2Day newspaper. If you’ve not seen the Dress Illusion which went viral on the internet recently then I have to wonder where you’ve been hiding. The illusion – where some people see a white and gold dress while others very definitely see…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Bruised Reed by Richard SibbesThe Bruised Reed by Richard Sibbes My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was a fascinating look into early seventeenth century Puritan thinking. Richard Sibbes’ classic treatise first published in 1630 has had its language modernised a little and headings inserted to make it easier for the modern reader to…
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Continue reading →: Music Review: Eron Falbo – 73
This review was originally published on The Doughnut. Sometimes, you just want to chill out to a bit of yesteryear. It doesn’t seem to matter what decade you were born in, sometimes only the old masters will do. I didn’t grow up in the 60s but there are times when…
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Continue reading →: Who does our thinking for us?
From my opinion column written for the Egremont 2Day newspaper. Most of us were horrified by the killings in Paris last January. #JeSuisCharlie went viral around the world and perhaps you were one of those who tweeted or shared it? On the other hand, maybe you felt the cartoonists brought…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Memory Book by Rowan Coleman
The Memory Book by Rowan Coleman My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ll be honest, for most of this book – right until nearly the very end in fact – this was not going to get four stars from me. I was in a quandary because I felt that Rowan…
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Continue reading →: Music Review: Robbie Boyd – So Called ManThis review was originally published on The Doughnut. Summer has arrived early. Yeah, really. I can’t help but feel it despite looking out of my window to see a cloudy sky and the hint of rain in the distance heading over this way. It’s chilly and only some of the…
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Continue reading →: Finding Diamonds
Beginning a series of posts based on my opinion column written for the Egremont 2Day newspaper. Occasionally I’ll add in a theatre review which I also write for the same publication. This one was one of my first and was written for the anniversary of the shootings in our local…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Just William by Richmal Crompton
Just William by Richmal Crompton My rating: 4 of 5 stars I haven’t read these stories since I was a young man, and before that a boy. I started this one as I wanted my children – aged 15 and 12 – to experience at least one collection of Just…
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Continue reading →: Music Review: Arêtes – Mission Creep
This review was originally published on The Doughnut. Damian Burke, back in 2012, referred to the EP from Arêtes as “undulating sleep-folk” and, for most of the full debut album, I agree. I found that to really enjoy this album as a sound to chill out/relax/sleep to you need to…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Edisto Jinx by C. Hope Clark
My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the second book in the Edisto Island Mysteries which features former detective Callie Morgan, the hero of the piece. This time, it turns out women keep dying on the island every August but all from seemingly unrelated accidents. Are these coincidences? Or…
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