I took a call from my Best Man in 1976, Carl Olsen, on the evening of my 68th birthday.It’s a long standing tradition.The fact Carl now lives next to the beach in New South Wales, Australia simply adds to the fun . It was midnight there, but this time he rang from a hospital bed.HisContinue reading “Imagine Carl, just imagine”
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Disturbed Part One
Are one in four of us fruitcakes? Mental illness is more common than you’d think.1 in 4 people in the UK experience it every year and research shows that more than half the population will suffer some form of mental illness during their lifetime.When it happens to a celebrity the effects are magnified, partly becauseContinue reading “Disturbed Part One”
Imagine there’s no heaven…
For me this song is the most evocative song ever written.It doesn’t believe in pie in the sky.When I surfed YouTube today I came across a comment damning it as communist propaganda. The comment argued that one has to believe in “possessions” as the bedrock of a stable capitalist economy. Well that’s one view, but longContinue reading “Imagine there’s no heaven…”