There are people (including politicians) who are loved by some and hated by others. Yet the majority don’t care one way or the other. Jeremy Corbyn, as we know full well from the media hype, is not one of these. He is like Marmite – you love him or you hate him. Love is maybeContinue reading “My mate the Marmite Man”
Author Archives: Robin
Not all lessons can be taught in a classroom
Now what was I saying when I so rudely interrupted my tales of a hardworking hack? I remember now, myself and my fellow journalism students were trying to cope with the trauma of a class “day out” to a psychiatric hospital – or mental asylum as it was called at the time. I know thatContinue reading “Not all lessons can be taught in a classroom”
It’s the little things in life that make you smile
There are times when you can feel down; or feel sorry for yourself; or just feel angry about something you can do nothing about. I’ve been through all three today and it took the smallest of incidents to cheer me up. It was the delivery of . . . Well let’s just wait a momentContinue reading “It’s the little things in life that make you smile”
London 1802
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh! raise us up, return to usContinue reading “London 1802”
Let’s start again
Day 2 The weather outside may be frightful but in the house it is more delightful. Not really that frightful, I must admit, more a bit dull, damp and cold, but definitely more delightful inside. This morning I was reading a tweet Michael Rosen sent out last night. Last year he was one of theContinue reading “Let’s start again”
So this is 2021
I woke feeling quite bright and cheerful this morning – after all it was not just a new day, it was also a New Year. This was 2021 – goodbye 2020. I wished my darling wife Marion and my dear son David “Blwyddyn Newydd Dda” (Happy New Year to those who don’t speak Welsh) andContinue reading “So this is 2021”
To the New Year
by Dr Tulsi Hamumanthu If Life be a Sea and you are a Wave, O kind New Year, will you not save Us from sinking, by letting us ride Atop your apex, taming the tide? If Life be a Book and a Page you are, O neat New Year, let us not mar With blotsContinue reading “To the New Year”
I’ll be back
December has not been the best of months but I intend to return to action in the New Year (tomorrow). It has been a difficult time for us all and many have found it harder because they have been separated from family and loved ones who would normally be there to offer support. Our sonContinue reading “I’ll be back”
Bright Star
by John Keats (1795-1821) Bright star, were I as stedfast as though art – Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart Like nature’s patient, sleepless Emerite, The moving waters at their priestlike task Of pure ablution round earth’s human shores, Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask OfContinue reading “Bright Star”
The Sound Collector
by Roger McGough (b 1937) A stranger called this morning Dressed all in black and grey Put every sound into a bag And carried them away The whistling of the kettle The turning of the lock The purring of the kitten The ticking of the clock The popping of the toaster The crunching of theContinue reading “The Sound Collector”
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