Dec
26
THE SCROOGE LETTERS
'The Scrooge Letters' first published in Country Squire magazine on the 24th, 25th and 26th December, 2024.
Part
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Digital Renegade
Dec
24
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Dear Readers,
It’s that time of year again when the Christmas of one’s dreams rarely aligns with the
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Dec
23
STAGE FRIGHT
Apparently, Alfred Hitchcock used to discuss his screenwriters' deepest fears over dinner as the first "courting" stage
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Dec
20
NOW HERE IS THE LAKE AND I STILL HAVEN'T CHANGED
When you reach a certain age, you either reconcile with who you are or dye your hair and undergo a
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Dec
15
MUSIC TO SOOTHE THE SAVAGE BEAST AND OTHER TALES
Music To Soothe The Savage Beast
It's been a funny old week—in a Joe Pesci "funny&
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Dec
11
THE GOODFELLAS CHRISTMAS PARTY
There’s a Goodfellas Christmas meme (see below) doing the rounds on the internet at the moment that I find
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Dec
10
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS AND A SYRIAN IN MOSCOW
It was comical to see President-Elect Trump front and center at the reopening of Notre Dame, with Macron and his
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Dec
09
THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER (JAGUAR)
As far as I know, "panther" is a generic term for certain big cats, including jaguars. For the
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Dec
07
THE BELLS OF NOTRE DAME
Given that his government collapsed this week after Monsieur Barnier was forced to unceremoniously resign following a vote of no
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Dec
05
RETURN TO OZ
For some random reason, I decided to watch some old Clive James interviews on YouTube last night, including a particularly
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