Monthly Archives: August 2005

We took another trip up to the Alnwick Garden on saturday, 12 months since we visited and it was a bit of a building site then. There is still a lot of construction ongoing for a new pavilion to replace … Continue reading →

I got sucked into watching X factor on Saturday, I have to say that it is strangely compelling, the occasional talent in amongst the ungifted and the whackos. However, I got to thinking. If 75,000 people auditioned and they spent … Continue reading →

During the mid eighties, I went on a number of narrowboat trips with two other lads that Digger the lodger used to refer to as “the choirboys”. I had met them both at Maidenhead Eighteen Plus and we were drinking … Continue reading →

I was browsing in Halifax a few weeks back & took a look in an old-fashioned non-chain record shop in the Borough Arcade. It is the very antithesis of an HMV, with a very 70s feel (other than vinyl being … Continue reading →

I have been listening to debate on this for a while now and decided to put forward my own views. Then Sean Gabb beat me to it with a piece from his free life commentary that says it so much … Continue reading →