Share Your World- Emilio style

Have you ever been pulled over by a cop? Once. It must have been nearly ten years ago and it was after a friend and his then partner's joint birthday celebration at TinTin's. TinTin's was an all you can eat Chinese Restaurant in Donnington and sadly was not run by a impetuous young reporter with a …

The Singing Sandman

There is something a little up with my plates of meat, and for those of you who aren't familiar with cockney rhyming slang Plates of Meat= Feet, as I seem to be getting incredibly itchy feet and they are getting very sweaty a lot of the time. Seems highly localised to my feet so I …

A Fish Supper

"This is rather unusual is it not?" Mused Dr. Webster as he escorted Arthur down the corridor to the morgue. "A pathologist going through the results of a post mortem with a government operative?" Smiled Arthur, "incredibly." The good doctor smiled and opened the door and crossed to the table where the cadaver lay. "Robert …

Bits n Bobs

After a small break from the live music scene for various reasons, namely distance and road works, Sunday marked my return to the Chicago Swing Katz in Meole Brace. Now in the mean time the Brooklands has under gone a change of management/owner ship and to ring in the changes a new name has been …

Extract from the Uxbridge English Dictionary

Willy-Nilly: Term used to described a man who was reading a hardback copy of Les Miserables in the bath and shut the book too fast. Daily Prompt: Willy-Nilly

Share Your World 14th August 2017

When you leave a room, do you turn the lights off behind you or keep the lights on throughout your house most of the time? It depends purely on how on return times to the room, if I am going to be returning to the room I've left (say to put the kettle on, syphon …

A Public House Ponder

Now, here's a thought for you; a friend recently commented on my frequent use of pubs/bars/cafes when writing and the question was why these locations. Now my reasoning is that they are good focal points for characters to chat, also its a good point where characters from random walks of life would meet wheras in …

All the Fun of the Fair

"You see that girl?" "The one in purple on the Carousel?" Queried Arthur in a tone suggesting how he regarded the question. "No, I have been watching the Carousel for six minutes and have failed to notice her." "Alright Mr Grumpy," answered the young man. "I was merely going to ask how you know her." …

Share Your World 7th August 2017

What was the last URL that you bookmarked or saved? On the whole I don't think I don't save or bookmark URLs, I tend to remember the links or know how to search for the websites anyway. Do you believe in the afterlife?  Reincarnation? Nopes, I believe once your number is up, your number is …

Last Words

  During the late 90s and throughout the 00s some of the best Jazz wasn't coming from the USA or even mainland Europe, but in from the Scandinavian countries and without a doubt the grand masters of Scandinavia were the Swedish piano trio EST: the Esbjorn Svensson Trio. My first introduction to them was thanks …