Connery’s genius was to combine menace with a twinkling Celtic wit. His Bond was a loaded weapon. Yet there was a wryness to his performance that told you that both spy and actor were in on the joke.
(the book) preserve the three dimensional aspect apparent in so much of Cesar Manrique´s art that could not be accurately reproduced in traditional book form.
The Wedding At CAMRA paralleled St John’s Gospel somewhat but here a wedding party ends up with no cask ale. Faced with an evening on keg, the local Campaign For Real Ale branch rushes in to save the day for the groom with an eight handpump miracle.
an earthly paradise,…a retreat from the pressures of modern civilisation
´I can’t imagine telling past me that she was going to go on tour with someone in One Direction.´
Americans spend an estimated $6 billion annually on Halloween, making it the country’s second largest commercial holiday after Christmas.
“the subconscious comes out when you’re writing, and there are all sorts of wild theories about why that is, but I’d rather not know why.”
´I don’t write about angels, Jesus, happy days, kids. I grew up on drinkin’, cheatin’, love gone bad,´
So, I have of late been beavering away on face book seeking new contacts, fellow supporters of jazz, jazz clubs and jazz groups. I think post corona virus I have a readymade list of new music, places and friends to see.
I felt for those people: the sheer anger, and pity, affected my songs and added the sweet and sour they might have lacked had my parents been dentists bringing me up in Suburbia.
SIDETRACKS & DETOURS: 7 / 12 / 25 classical, jazz, folk, rock, americana; songwriters & invisible angels7th December 2025 - 7:00 am
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A LITTLE BUNDLE OF SUMMER. sidetracks & detours 3rd September 2025 featuring Jazz Artist, Jenny Bray. Broadcaster and writer, Steve Bewick, Expo Folk and Sound Roots3rd September 2025 - 7:00 am