IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Errata: An examined life, the literary critic, essayist and philosopher George Steiner, described his first encounter with Martin Heidegger’s monumental, Sein und Zeit. Steiner related how
Emma Hargan article from Friday 6, November, 2020 I LOVE this time of year. The trick or treating round the houses, the run up to Christmas, the shopping, the extra hour in bed… …but back to the year 2020 and a different reality. It’s been one of those weeks where everything has been against me […]
THIS IS the cake I have made for years and is fool proof as well as being the best tasting Christmas cake I make, despite me being swayed
JUST ANOTHER WEEK in the life of a parent. Wake up calls at 6am, mountains of washing, making food, the Peppa Pig soundtrack in your
BY LATE 1990 4th Tonks had become an Op Granby (Gulf War I) support regiment, with our tanks stripped for spares to support the troops
WELL, I FOR ONE am delighted with the new lockdown measures that have been put in place. I mean, so straightforward, all makes total sense,
IN A TWEET deserving more attention than it has received so far, anti-nationalist account @themajorityscot alerted me to a pro-EU Scottish group I hadn’t noticed before,
THIS is my life… “Morning Lily!” I say optimistically. “NOOOOO!” Roars Lily. “Did you have a good sleep?” I ask. “NOOOOO!” Roars Lily. “Come on downstairs
HI PEEPS! Another week, another blog. Even though it’s been a pretty rough year, the weeks seem to be flying in at the moment. I’m
FRIENDS, the other critics who have seen and written about Saint Maud have put me in a bit of an awkward situation again. Like they did when
ALFRED SCHNITTKE saw the future. His First Symphony, five years in the making and premiered in Gorky in 1974, having being turned down by numerous
HELLO OCTOBER! At the risk of causing a public outcry and outrage, I’m going to talk about the ‘C’ word in my blog this week.