The Overgraduate

If J.R.R. Tolkien is looking down on us, I wonder if he is rueful about the abundance of riches that have been showered on the hugely signif...

Not that I think it causes you any worry but this blog is hard to write these days. I find myself mired in a contrary sludge of happiness an...

I have been looking back at the various mentions I have made over the years of the alleged masterpiece  2001: A Space Odyssey . I addressed ...

I have previously disclosed my misanthropic objection to attending cinemas. Modern home screen facilities are so good that there is little e...

Plas Piggy and Casa Piggy both sit on hills - Casa at the very top of one, Plas three-quarters of the way up the route to the beach. This sh...

One should not descend to personal attacks against the way people look. That is low. But there are exceptions, particularly in the case of f...

Here on the Island with my soul mate. We have had a wonderful week - pottering, doing some minor works on Plas Piggy and taking in the scene...