Writing blogs is a craft that should be honed until each blog is a work of art worthy to be framed and hung on the wall. Blogs should be precisely-cut diamonds, polished to perfection. Writing blogs is an exercise in ‘good’ writing. Like satisfying sex, blogs can’t be rushed. A rushed, careless blog is like […]
Monthly Archives: January 2022
The Future in our Hands
The future in our hands is a butterfly we can nurture or crush. My hands have a mind of their own. They draw on memory and experience to press the keys that spell the words you read with your eyes and transfer to your brain to unscramble, savour, counter and store. Hands find the light […]
Boris Johnson and the Big Lie
The big lie is a propaganda technique used to trick people into believing the very opposite of the truth is the truth. Hitler – the big lie: that Jews caused Germany’s defeat in World War 1. Nazi disinformation claimed that a clandestine alliance between Jewish bankers and communists – which makes no sense – were the power behind the […]
A Kiss is Always More Than a Kiss
There is nothing more human than a kiss. But then, a kiss is always more than a kiss. The Kiss is a life-sized marble sculpture created in 1880 by Auguste Rodin that depicts the erotic axiom that a kiss is always more than a kiss. What we see is the 13th century Italian beauty Francesca […]
Dog Loyal Tories Barking Mad
Dog loyal Tories must have been barking mad to have allowed Johnson into Downing Street. All those fat-bellied middle-aged patriots propping up bars with their Union Jack T-shirts and strong positions on migrants imagine Johnson is the sort of bloke they’d like to have a pint with. Didn’t they know he was just a showman who […]