Entries by Norman Warwick

SERENITY AT SHOP M ´AROMA

´Sometimes I like to play, really loudly, The Rolling Stones. I was raised on them by my dad. Sometimes, though, I need meditation as well, so I play New Age music. I love that music and I love long walks with my dogs. I can sit for hours, though. at Los Hervidores watching the sea.´

WALLY WHYTON REMEMBERED

Wally Whton will be remembered by thousands, some recalling his part in the great skiffle movement, others who were bought his children´s albums by parents and grandparents, and those who listened in maturity to his radio broadcasts´

WE´RE BACK ON SCREEN

Recently filmed on the island was A Summer At Caleta de Famara, a location on the island popular with gap year holiday workers, surfer dudes and young holiday makers in general. This is being shot for prime time viewing on German television.

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TALKING BEAT POETRY

Historians hold different views about why this style of writing was dubbed beat poetry. Some claim the writers felt beaten down and tired by the consumerism and lack of societal values. Others say beat poetry refers to the musical beat of jazz used in oral recitation. Still others claim Kerouac coined the term Beat Generation to describe his circle of friends.