The Sun Always Shines on TV

Yeh. I know. It doesn’t. TV’s there to fill a “hole in your soul.” Oh. No. Scandinavian vibe going on. Norway. Sweden. Bloody Vikings. Tsk. Talking of which – I had NO IDEA that Owen B was Norse too. D’oh. The things I don’t know are….! Anyhoo – Magnificent Morten. Aha aha I like it […]

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Paul the Venetian

I’ve been looking at his pictures. Along with the V&A, I need to re-visit the National Gallery. I could spend a whole month there just gazing, wide-eyed and breathless. But I always seem to go with peeps on fast forward. Sigh. Wiki : Paolo Caliari   Adoration of the Magi

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Lady Mary and Trajan’s Gate

Below is Lady Mary’s letter home written in 1716. She’s travelled from England. She will get to Constantinople soon. At the moment she is writing about Trajan’s Gate. Something feels a little strange about her letters, methinks. Oh. At least she does not complain about the state of the roads. In fact, she’s quite complimentary. […]

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Divvy

What’s a Divvy? To many it’s an airhead/stupid person etc. But – if you’ve ever read or watched Lovejoy – Divvy is actually short for DIVINER. In the Jonathan Gash books, and maybe not in the TV series (?) there’s a book mentioned several times. Antiques or Fakes by Charles H Hayward Now Lovejoy is […]

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And Cue…

Right on Time I Let the Music Speak

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Real MEN Wear Kilts

Oh. My. Been to too many family do’s to not know what lies beneath, Innocent Smile. Girlie Blush. Shock horror

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Samhain

Samhain (/ˈsɑːwɪn, ˈsaʊɪn/; Irish: [ˈsˠəuɪnʲ] Scottish Gaelic: [ˈs̪ãũ.ɪɲ]) is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the “darker half” of the year   Halloween DISGUSTS ME Like so much, the truth has been stolen, perverted and re-packaged as a money-maker. Trick or Treat Kids on the street Give them all Something SWEET! Barf!      

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Perfect

Bizarre. But then my whole life has been beyond weird! Which Witch is Which? First time I heard this song…was the one and only time that a man took off my shoe. Filled it with wine. And drank from it. Cinderelly. Yes. I as at a BALL. Wearing high heels. Swear like a soldier and […]

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E=MC2

D’ya know what? To this day if you asked me what the title means….I’d go – “Am I bovvered?” Big Audio Dynamite LIVE or B A D or The Clash I dunno!

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The Devil is in the Detail

God’s Honest…This is the very F1RST time that I’ve watched this boobtoob channel. I’ve heard the name but… Then he shows up in my recommended and I go – Ooohkay. M’eh. Let’s take a look. WOW plus Bloody WOW!!!! Subbed :o)    

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