by Graeme Cumming | Jun 24, 2019 | Literary Festivals, Writing |
A couple of years ago, the incomparable Linda Hill made mention of the first Deepings Literary Festival on her blog, Linda’s Book Bag. As it happened, I was thinking I needed to go to some literary festivals and this one seemed like a good place to start. Sadly, the...
by Graeme Cumming | Jun 9, 2019 | Gogglebox, Nostalgia |
One Sunday evening in 1973, I managed to persuade my mum to let me watch a TV movie. I say persuaded because it was school the next morning and, I suspect like most households at that time, Sunday night in particular was a night for making sure you were ready for the...
by Graeme Cumming | May 21, 2019 | Nostalgia, The Gigging Years |
Listening to the radio the other day, I heard Every Little Thing She Does is Magic. Not a big deal until I heard the year it was released: 1981. Was it really that long ago since I saw them? As with a lot of gigs, this one started with a suggestion from Zim. “Do you...
by Graeme Cumming | May 14, 2019 | Blogging, Meetings, Writing |
The Bloggers Bash presents opportunities for several things: to meet up and mingle with old friends and new; to be there when the Bash Awards prizes are announced and presented; and to learn more about the art of blogging. One of the ways we fulfil that last...
by Graeme Cumming | May 8, 2019 | Gogglebox, Nostalgia, Television |
In the early 1970s, I didn’t even know Cockney rhyming slang was a thing. By 1975, I was much more familiar with it, and that’s down to one TV series: The Sweeney. Then again, apart from learning that Sweeney Todd rhymed with Flying Squad, along with the rest of the...
by Graeme Cumming | Apr 30, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years |
When I was at school, most of my mates had nicknames. Zim, for example, was not the given name of my best friend. Strangely enough, Boo, El and Fathead weren’t parental choices, either. The closest I got was the mis-pronunciation of my surname – which still happens!...
