by Graeme Cumming | Dec 7, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years |
Some time back, I wrote about the first time I saw Thin Lizzy when the original headliners were supposed to be Ultravox. It was a year later, 1982, before I finally got to see the band I was supposed to. In 1981, their biggest hit, Vienna, was cheated of a number one...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 3, 2019 | Book Reviews, Literary Festivals |
I went to the Harrogate Crime Festival this summer. It was my second time there, though the first had been little more than a recce – a long afternoon in sunshine and mixing with authors, book bloggers and crime fans generally. This year’s visit was slightly more...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 30, 2019 | Gogglebox, Nostalgia, Television |
There was a time when children were put to work at a very young age, often doing jobs adults couldn’t, like going up chimneys to sweep them. The nature of the work alone was cruel, and the pittance paid akin to slave labour. Those days, of course, are long gone,...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 28, 2019 | Events, Literary Festivals, Ravens Gathering |
How is it that December is almost here. And that means the nightmare that is Christmas (Bah humbug? Me?). Most readers here won’t be local to me, but for the odd few that are, there’s this going on in Retford next week. It’s a small town, so...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 23, 2019 | Thinking Aloud |
As I’ve got older, I’ve found I’m much happier in myself if I spend time with nature – something that’s reflected in my writing. Chunks of Ravens Gathering take place in woodland, and Carrion has key scenes in two different forests, and on two different...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 8, 2019 | Gogglebox, Nostalgia |
My mum had a thing about Roger Moore – still does – and her enthusiasm rubbed off on me (though in a different way). I’ve talked elsewhere about The Persuaders!, and it’ll come as little surprise to regular readers that he was my favourite Bond. He’s done other...
