by Graeme Cumming | Jul 18, 2019 | Gogglebox, Nostalgia, Television |
For those of you who don’t know, I’m the oldest of four children. When my parents separated, my mum was in her mid-thirties, which seemed old to me at the time. Now I’m the age my mum was when my daughter was born, I know she was comparatively young, and must...
by Graeme Cumming | Jul 9, 2019 | Nostalgia, The Gigging Years |
It was my mum’s birthday last week, and it reminded me of a gigging story. I’ve previously made reference to the fact my mum influenced my early musical tastes. Although I went on to discover and adopt different types of music in later years, I still have a fondness...
by Graeme Cumming | Jul 3, 2019 | Gogglebox, Nostalgia |
Some time back, I wrote about going to see Status Quo for the first time. The year was 1982, and you can read my account here – it’s worth it if only for the videos! That took place in May. In August, they topped the bill at Monsters of Rock held at Donington Park,...
by Graeme Cumming | Jun 30, 2019 | Blogging, Meetings, Writing |
Last year I had a blog tour for Ravens Gathering. Arguably, it was a little late, since the book had been out for a few years by then. However, I’d never done a blog tour and got talking to someone who organises them at a Book Connectors event in York a few months...
by Graeme Cumming | Jun 27, 2019 | Literary Festivals, Writing |
This is a continuation from my last post, so you may want to read that first. Click here if you haven’t. Because the Deepings are a bit of a drive from my house, we’d travelled the night before and stopped at a Premier Inn in Peterborough. As with all Premier...
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...
