by Graeme Cumming | Sep 11, 2020 | Movies, Nostalgia, Television |
It’s happened again. A sign of my own advancing years, I suppose. And a reminder to get my arse into gear and get on with living my life. When Bowie died (was that really almost five years ago?), I realised that much of his music had formed a soundtrack to my life....
by Graeme Cumming | May 16, 2020 | Blogging, Carrion, Nostalgia |
I can’t believe a week has passed since Carrion was set free, and allowed to soar… Well, ‘soar’ might be pushing it a bit. Still, it’s a bit like Christmas, isn’t it? You have the long run up to it, and then, voom! –...
by Graeme Cumming | Feb 10, 2020 | Gogglebox, Nostalgia, Television |
In the mid-1970s, Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell, the main drivers of The Avengers, had another crack with John Steed and introduced The New Avengers. By the time that’d run its course, though, they had a completely different project in mind. Where The New Avengers...
by Graeme Cumming | Jan 14, 2020 | Book Reviews, Fiction, Nostalgia, Publishing, Thinking Aloud |
In a recent blog post, I mentioned browsing in a second hand bookshop. I’ve picked up a few books there over the last couple of years – always picked something up while I was there. One of the last purchases was an impulse buy triggered by nostalgia. As a...
by Graeme Cumming | Jan 8, 2020 | Nostalgia, Thinking Aloud |
Last summer I spent a lot of time browsing in a second hand book shop in our little town. I loved going in there because… well, books obviously. But they also sold drinks and cakes you could either eat at a table in their little cafe at the back or they’d...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 22, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years |
A few months ago, I wrote about gigs at Loughborough Students Union, and one of the acts I mentioned was Slade. I did see them more than once, and felt there was more to add. When I saw them, it was the early 1980s, some years after their heyday as, allegedly, part of...
