The ticket fairy flew by and dropped an invitation in my lap, so I got to see the English National Ballet's 'The Nutcracker' las...

  Heaps of talent Ms Greta is the #StarWars by far cfx pic.twitter.com/GTSH9geyVL — CFX (@C__F__X) September 30, 2023 mast studios/South...

I went to see Kyiv City Ballet last week for their gala performance in Southampton.  They're exiled and inevitably ( somewhat) stranded ...

I haven't been to the ballet since  Paquita, by the Ballet de l'Opera national de Paris in Beijing, 2008.  You can read that linked ...

ACT ONE I was in a lot of pain and started taking Ibuprofen which always works a treat with me but as the days rolled by, then weeks I was ...

“Many people now wouldn’t touch a booster with a barge pole and I include myself amongst those They’re not only counterproductive but also d...

I haven't paid much attention to Craig David till recently. He's a Southampton Lad so I do get to hear him on voicefm.co.uk wher...

Exclamations - Many of them One of my weaknesses [I have them] is I thin-slice people I meet, which is to say that I pigeon-hole them in a f...

In 2011 I read Charles Bukowski's Post Office and it was brilliant. He's like Orwell , not an extraneous word in the house.... and...

As Outlined in Jerk Jam at Palmerston park , Southampton's Reclaim The Streets day was for all the family. I noticed that some of those...

This is probably the slowest post I've ever finally got round to.  On Friday the 24th of September last year (2021), I was walking home ...

I'm not a popular song radio listener by and large, but I've found a local radio station ( Voice FM - 103.9 ) in Southampton that se...

The most recognisable landmark in Southampton is a grade 1 listed building called the Bargate . It's part of the Norman walls in the cen...

I was never a big fan of Southampton growing up. It was just grey after living in Deutschland and it wasn't very friendly either. After...