Enough Already! Riots in London August 2011

Hello Good People who read this blog…. ( this was written between around 10pm and 2 a.m.on the night of the London-wide riots) If you are like me, living in London, what a night! I am in a relatively peaceful area but there’s been a strong smell of smoke coming into my living room since [...]

I am on a lonely road and I am travelling, travelling, travelling…

Hello Good People who read this blog in my absence… (This blog entry was written after listening to hours of Joni Mitchell on my travels…) I thought of you all on Solstice morning . The light was shining through the curtains of my guest room not long past 4 a.m. , unable to sleep I [...]

The Police harasses some terribly nice middle-class white English people in possession of terrorist crayons.

Hello Good People who read this blog ( this is a revised version of earlier entries. I do this sometimes when I think of extra things…sorry if it is irritating) To begin some more meditative music to generate peace in the world I forgot how completely amazing this piece of music was until  I just [...]

On London Youth Crime

Hello Good People who read this blog This is a comment I put on a Channel 4 blog in response to the “Disarming Britain” programmes last night which I thought I would copy here. I hope my son doesn’t mind that I write about him but then he asked me to write this blog to [...]