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Frivolous Monsters: a journey into the unknown

The Death of Queen Elizabeth II

At the end of 2012 I wrote some theatre monologues which may – or may not – have been performed…

Christmas, Humour, Monologue, Monologues, Queen Elizabeth II, Ramsbottom, Royal Family, Royalty, Script, Scripts, The Queen, Writing

The Rise of the Machines

From 2013, seeing as I was ahead of my time because #BringBackTescoStaff is today trending on Twitter, although as I…

Asda, Humour, Robots, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Shopping, Technology, Tesco, Twitter

The Second Chapter

Today is my parent’s 49th wedding anniversary. It’s coincidentally also the day my Niece becomes a teenager. It’s also nine…

Books, Diary, Diary Posts, Literature, Literature and Books, Writer’s Life, Writers Life, Writing

Covid Encounter 02/02

     Getting a Covid test. How bad an experience could something so easy have been, I hear you say? Well,…

Coronavirus, Diary Posts, Humour, Lockdown, Poetry, Shopping, War Poetry, Wilfred Owen

Covid Encounter 01/02

     On the Thursday 25th February I officially had one of the new buzzwords of the 2020s: the new persistent…

Asda, Coronavirus, Covid, Covid-19, Health, Humor, Humour, Politics, Shopping

September, six months into Lockdown UK

I woke up early. Morning had broken, like the first morning, etc, and Venus was growing smaller in the night…

British Humour, Diary, Diary Posts, Humour, Lockdown

Clash of the Titans Censorship

Over Christmas the BBC showed Clash of the Titans. Not the shoddy CGI remake but the original Ray Harryhausen special…

Ancient Greece, Clash of the Titans, Film, History, Mythology, TV

11/11 Single Bananas

THE END. RING ALL THE BELLS. LOCKDOWN IS OVER. LIGHT THE BEACONS. CORONVIRUS IS DEFEATED. THE DECLINE OF SOCIETY NO…

Coronavirus, Food, History, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Lockdown, Shopping

10/11 Sugar Puffs

Living with my parents who are both now seventy naturally we’ve had no visitors in the house since March so…

Coronation Street, Coronavirus, Dating, Dating Websites, Lockdown, Quakers, Religion, Shipping Forecast, Shopping, Tea

09/11 Sweet Potato Waffles

It’s not the end of the world now that I have flour but this week I found myself taking a…

Coronavirus, Humour, Lockdown, Music, Scarecrows, Shopping, Sugar, Travel, Writing

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