by Neil | Apr 23, 2021 | Personal
Bridgend, South Wales 23rd, April 2021 Dear Ziggy, Another trip around the sun, another year further away from you. You should be 8 today. I don’t have a picture of you in my mind anymore, I’ve tried, it simply won’t come and anything I picture feels badly drawn, a...
by Neil | Dec 25, 2013 | childhood, Family, Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place
This is not the Christmas I wished for. Wishes are rubbish like that. They are ephemeral, flighty, tricksters that hover around the back of your head, flying into view as you sit stuck in traffic or on the train, they’re bit like their cousin, the idea, in that way....
by Neil | Nov 23, 2013 | BBC, childhood, Family
Today, a modest 60s SF show is 50. It’s also seven months since my son was born. Doctor Who is still running. My son is dead. I am a lifelong fan of Who. Along with Star Wars, C S Lewis, Tolkien, Dahl, Blyton and Trek. It is a firm vibrant link back to my...