Run to the hills
My heart is gladdened. This week, after an absence of a number of months, I managed to get back to the hills again. A few months back I tore ligaments in my ankle and was forced out for a bit. While my ankle still hurts a little if stretched in certain directions, I deemed it […]
I Sat Through That? The Matrix Revolutions
The shitty Matrix… No, the other one… Yeah, the third one. What? Yeah, I know the second one’s shite too but at least it had a bit of actual ‘matrix’ in it. What’s that you say? The first one’s shite too? Well, with the benefit of hindsight it’s not the best film ever but I’ll […]
Little Nicky Cave
I had the very good fortune to get to see Nick Cave last week. It was billed as ‘an evening of readings, music and conversation with Nick Cave’. And that’s what we got. Cave has a new book out – The Death Of Bunny Munroe and the evening opened with him doing a reading. Then […]
I Sat Through That? – Two For The Price Of One
I didn’t update last week – for good reasons that I won’t go into here. However, last Monday’s I Sat Through That? had already been submitted before last week and, as things got back to something resembling normality this weekend, I submitted this week’s column too. You therefore get two updates here today. Whoop-de-doo, eh? […]
Gerry Hayes
I mostly sit around all day and drink tea. Occasionally, I write stuff and send it to strangers so they can humiliate me and deride my efforts. Other than the self-harm to dull the shame of failure, it's not a bad life. Like I say, there's tea.
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