Writing associations… I don’t mean groups, but how we hear a story or a name and link them. I was watching on TV “Turn of the screw,” and the first thing that came to mind was Henry James, the author. This got me thinking how many times we do it. There are obvious cases where [...]
Back in the early 80’s, in my farmwife days, I was a newspaper columnist in Morris, Minnesota, author of “Melly’s Memorabilia” for the “Morris Tribune”, receiving $25 per weekly column published. Morris, population 5,000, three hours west of the Twin Cities, was the largest town within an hour’s drive. The “Morris Tribune” was the type [...]
An often asked question, over the years in Country Music People. Why don’t we in the UK get the major US stars on tour any more? The answer is two-fold, both equally important. First, the cost of the tour over here would far out weigh the CDs sold, so no matter what you gained in [...]
When my interest in Motor-X or Scrambling as we Brits call it started. The big names on television races were the likes of Jeff Smith, Dave Bickers, Chris Horsefield, Arthur Browning, the Rickman brothers and the Lampkin family. Bikes were predominantly UK with BSA, Greeves and AJS at the head of the races. At this [...]
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“Violence! Violence! Sometimes it truly makes sense!” – from the song Violence by Mott the Hoople. We are facing another school shooting at Virginia Tech. A man killed a police officer and then himself Thursday at Virginia Tech, said media reports, in the first gunfire on campus since 32 people were killed there in 2007 [...]
Once in a generation a particular individual leaves his mark on the world. One such man was William John Owen Rowbotham MBE, or to use his stage name, Bill Owen. Bill was born on the 14th of March 1914 in London, England. He was an accomplished actor and songwriter. He made his first film appearance [...]
It’s funny how during your lifetime you are positively affected by a moment, an individual, a place or an event. In my case it is a combination of all these things aboard a wonderful old passenger ship. Back in 1970 I had not long since become a civilian again after doing military service in South [...]
It was announced in a CBC press release to be a partnership with Bollywood, who is co-financing the production. Expect them to go before cameras in July 2012 and be available for broadcast on CBC’s 2012/2013 season. Sources close to CBC brass expect more to join this cast soon but I am making this up [...]
Homage to comedy genius - How often do you find yourself laughing till you cry, or until your stomach aches? In my own case it is currently once a week at noon every Tuesday here in England, when the digital radio station ‘BBC Radio 4 extra’ replays a half hour of priceless British humour in the [...]
