When a person is engaged in creative writing, one of the innumerable points he has to consider is how his characters would convey their disapproval of people. Are the characters high-society types or mere mortals? Are they conservative or colloquial in their speech? Do they express their opinions carefully or forcefully? And so on. You Barsteward… My mental meanderings on… Read more »
What are your earliest musical memories? For some, it might be The Spice Girls spicing up their lives; for others, it might be Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra performing together during the Second World War. For me, it’s Perry Como singing “Catch a Falling Star” and “Magic Moments”. He released those songs in 1958, but I was only three at… Read more »
(Note: Links to videos etc. were last tested 2015-11-05) I make no secret of it. I’m a huge Monty Python fan. Ditto Blackadder. I’m not one of those fans who can recite every line of every episode or film verbatim. But I’m close. Sing me a song with off-colour lyrics, and I might respond with, “a lovely old hymn, your… Read more »