This way to Santa's Grotto ... Christmas is coming. It's the most wonderful time of the year for small children. But for adults, it's a tall story of peace and goodwill to all men. Guy Manning is an English multi-instrumentalist who knows all about the snow-white lies we tell to our children and the grubbier…Read more Tall Stories for Small Children
Month: November 2024
Galactic Acid
Galactic Acid is a curious title for the recently released album by the acoustic fingerstyle guitarist, Mike Dawes. Does it refer to acids out in the galaxy? (Formic acid, acetic acid, carbonic acid and amino acids have all been detected out in space.) Or is it an acid derived from the sugar, galactose, in the…Read more Galactic Acid
The Water’s Edge
In my first year at secondary school, there was a boy in my class by the name of Waters. He wasn't the most obedient of pupils, and the form master decided that a lesson in behaviour was in order. He told Waters to stand on a chair so that the boy was leaning out of…Read more The Water’s Edge
Crotchety Man 