Eden: Paradise Lost Well, that was a depressing programme? Eden: Paradise Lost was an ‘experiment’ where 23 people were put into a remote part of Scotland to create a community over a year. The original plan of regular episodes to watch progress was canned and, instead, we ended up with a five-part summary of what […]
Quote McQuoteface – If you don’t look after your body, where are you going to live?
When I started blogging it was more likely to be a brief little fart of an idea than a polished and honed piece of lit-er-ate-ewer. Any old post out there is far better than the incumbent state of blogstipation. That’s why I’m going to treat you lucky people to snack sized wisdom – quote-style. If […]
The things that make me happy…
On fighting against age and other wastes of time
It doesn’t matter how much imagination or empathy you’ve got, sometimes it’s hard to know what something feels like til you’re doing it. What I’m doing these days is being nearly 50. (Less than a fortnight, since you ask.) From the advantage of youth, you’d have thought that 50 was the end of the […]