15th December, 2017
Driving Home For Christmas … How I wish I was. That song has been in my head – and on the radio – a lot of late, not least following Chris Rea’s collapse on stage last weekend. Not Chris Rea! Cheggers has gone too soon but not Chris Rea! Too many memories....4th December, 2017
‘You’re losin’ all your highs and lows Ain’t it funny how the feeling goes away … ‘ Desperado, Eagles. I understand. Life is full of highs and lows but this is getting ridiculous! Last week was not good. Absolutely choked with something...22nd November, 2017
Thirty-two years ago, in the summer of 1985, we had just returned to Edinburgh after living in London for a year or so. We had bought our first flat in Comely Bank Street (for £28,000!) and life was good. David Cassidy was in the charts again, after a long break,...15th November, 2017
A week of highs and lows, as ever, but one constant is the temperature – it’s freezing! One other thing – I can barely read this and, as far as I know, the font is no different. Slightly worrying … Right, back to my notes and be buoyed by the fact that there...
‘You’re only given a little spark of madness and, if you lose that, you’re nothing.’
Robin Williams