The Mystery of the Murder Story
A friend recently lent me a copy of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale, an account of a factual 1860 murder investigation, the case of the killing of … Continue reading
The Story of George Fairbrother
George Fairbrother is my great grand uncle by marriage, and his story is one of the saddest in my family history, one of exile, and early death. Yet it began … Continue reading
Songs and lyrics
Everybody has them. Not everybody takes them seriously, but we all have them: songs that have left an indelible impression on our minds; that helped us grow up; that belong … Continue reading
The Business of Music
UMG has forced YouTube to withdraw one of my favourite videos, Eleftheria Arvanitaki’s Dinata, Dinata. Fewer people outside Greece can now find out about her music, and her record sales … Continue reading
Science Fiction
Philip K Dick, in talking about science fiction, defined it as a story or novel in which a new concept or idea is introduced, which is truly new, and which … Continue reading
Pornography
Do you like pornography? The story I heard was that pornography was the glue that held the internet together, that so much internet traffic was created from marketing and consuming … Continue reading
Psappho: priestess, prostitute, poet, Lesbian
I’ve just finished reading Arthur Weigall’s Sappho of Lesbos again. I’m a poor sifter through second hand book stalls, and I picked it up over ten years ago and enjoyed … Continue reading
