Tales From the South Pier is already a limited edition, on account of not enough people buying it. It may soon be a collector’s item,…
John Jessop Posts
Lawrence of Arabia – Again! I’m about half way through Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia, and I’m still none the wiser…
Robust and Uncompromising I read in the paper this morning that Paul Scholes of Manchester United (and England) is retiring to become a coach at…
Generation Gap One of the more irritating aspects of the twilight years, I’ve discovered, is people assuming that your opinions, regardless of the subject under…
Revelations about celebrities getting their legs over with publicity-seeking tarts don’t interest me very much. Nor can I share the agitation of many of my…
Esher, Surrey; May 20, 2011 – Another fucking birthday! Will they never end? Well, of course they will – and all too bloody soon. Not…
The last time I wrote in this space it was to complain about persistent and unwelcome visitors to my garden pond – rapacious, fish-eating herons. …
“He’s back, the bugger!” The cry always comes from the kitchen, and I don’t have to wonder who’s back. Harry’s back. Harry is a thoroughly…
A number of business acquaintances have asked me why I didn’t bother to attend an award ceremony in New York late last year to mark…
Martha and I are off to the United States, my first visit for about eighteen months. That’s the longest stretch I’ve been away from America…