Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

I wasn’t really surprised to realise I had broken what was a blog tradition after 2013 and not posted my customary link to one of the best Christmas songs for the years that followed. Now it is 2017 and the year is drawing to a close; this year is my...

Back soon…

Recovering from lurgy and post novel/end of year ennui. In the meantime, have some music. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP9pnSXhibw] For dreaming nerds everywhere.

Hallelujah

The Cohen classic, covered to varying degrees of success over the years, suffers more often than not from people not interpreting the lyric correctly. Tim Minchin and Geraldine Quinn do not have this problem in this great raw version from Edinburgh ’05. They...

Atheist Solstice

If all goes to plan I am on my way back to the hills of home with G and some good friends. I’ll get to see virtually my entire family in one place (I’m part of a sizable brood, there’s a reason Celts use the term clan), most of my oldest friends and...

Wise words from Tim

The very funny Tim Minchin’s wise words on life: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78XrI_2bPVA] I need to try and see him live.