At The Deep, a famous tourist attraction in Kingston Upon Hull, UK. The biggest fish tank I have ever seen is the one pictured above. It's the size of a small church, and there's a glass tunnel that runs through it. All kinds of fish swim beside you and above you, as you walk through.…Read more Sitting with the Fish
Longing
Longing for ... what?, I wonder. It's been exceptionally wet in some parts of the UK for the past couple of months. Many of us here have been longing for the rain to stop. But Lis Wessberg is from Denmark. I have no idea what the weather has been like over there, but the chances…Read more Longing
Fish’s Corner
The fishmonger's corner shop If everything went according to plan, the man who came to fame as Marillion's singer and lyricist retired to one of the smaller Scottish islands last year. Although born Derek William Dick, readers of this blog will, no doubt, know him by his stage name of Fish. The track I have…Read more Fish’s Corner
Holy Books and Credit Cards
Holy Moses, Batman! I'm on a credit card!! It seems you can have any picture you like on your credit card ... if you own the card company. So, I suppose you could have a picture of holy books, if you wanted. But I don't think Also Eden had that in mind when they made…Read more Holy Books and Credit Cards
I Remember William
William Shakespere, The Bard of Avon How many 'William's have I known? In truth, not many. In fact, I don't remember actually meeting anyone calling themselves William. History gives us William the Conqueror, literature proffers William Shakespeare, and the first in line for the throne here in the UK is our Prince William. But time…Read more I Remember William
Yellow Fields
Wheatfield with a reaper by Vincent van Gogh Seen through the eyes of Vincent van Gogh, wheat is a vibrant yellow. More often, though, when we see yellow fields, we are looking at the flowering heads of canola, the plant whose seeds are the third-largest source of vegetable oil in the world according to Wikipedia.…Read more Yellow Fields
Dream Machine
The dreamer's roundabout and his untethered hot-air balloon The time has come, the blogger said, to write of many tunes ...Of songs and gongs and streaming sites. Of roundabouts and moons.And why the sand is shocking pink, and what's beneath those dunes.With apologies to Lewis Carroll Zoungla is a progressive psychedelic rock project led by…Read more Dream Machine
Fundamental Values
The human touch Spotify searches on the topic of "core values" threw up several pleasing tracks: Justice's Groove by Stanley Clarke, Compassion by the Dalai Lama, and Fundamental Values by Nils Frahm were particularly enjoyable. I could have chosen any of those for this blog post, but (as you can see) I plumped for the…Read more Fundamental Values
One For All
For the first entry of 2026 in this blog, I'd like to set a warm and welcoming tone. Let's forget 2025 and the unforgivable antics of the egotistical bullyboy leaders of the East and the West. Instead, let's cross our fingers, and hope for better things to come. The key to a happy new year,…Read more One For All
Latibulate
Little Jack Horner, waiting for his promised Christmas pie In 2025, we were promised many things. The war in Ukraine would end. The terrorists of the Hamas organisation would be eradicated. The European nations would take back control of their borders. A golden age was just around the corner. But what we got instead was…Read more Latibulate
Crotchety Man 