Captain Silas Soule and Minister John Chivington. Memorial day.

Captain Silas Soule and Minister John Chivington. Memorial day.

Memorial day always strikes me as a good opportunity to remember my dad. A captain in the British Army from 1939 to 1945.  But for…

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The Big Yin and me

The Big Yin and me

Years ago, after a call from Steve Brown, I spent an hour in Fulham with Billy Connolly, leading to my production involvement in the making…

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Facts and opinions

Facts and opinions

As the reality of Brexit sinks in, the contrast between an opinion formed on a foundation of fact has never stood more glaringly against the…

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Christians for Trump

Christians for Trump

Drain the swamp? Trump sure did that. His mate Jeff chose well with his guest list. Trump said of Epstein in 2002: “I’ve known Jeff…

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State of Hate

State of Hate

Today in America I just heard the CNN anchor say  ‘Welcome to today’s news on the State of Hate.’ Today’s hate news may be simply…

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Hello my fellow psychoyellow

Hello my fellow psychoyellow

This morning it was back to work and  I headed down to PCH to make the first of my daily work decisions. Left or right….

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Play that funky music white boy

Play that funky music white boy

I first encountered and spoke out against female discrimination  in 1968 when I became aware that gals get put down by boys. But more so…

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Emanuel Sampson. Black on White Christian

Emanuel Sampson. Black on White Christian

September 24th 2017, one year ago today, was a Sunday. Emanuel Sampson, 25,  had some kind of moment and went into his Christian church with…

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My first Formula one race

My first Formula one race

I went to my first F1 racing day in 1968. I was 7 years old and remember it like yesterday. My uncle Spiro took me…

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The Tulsa massacre of 1921

The Tulsa massacre of 1921

31 May, 1921. The start of the Greenwood Massacre. AKA The Tulsa Race Massacre Ninety-seven years ago today, the first bombs ever dropped on American…

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All of my Love. Karac's song.

All of my Love. Karac’s song.

Karac Pendragon Plant Born April 20, 1972 Died: July 26, 1977 (5) (Stomach virus) Songs with back stories hold a special fascination for me. “All…

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The Menu Bombings

The Menu Bombings

Facebook reminders took me to a post from 2012, and this iconic ironic observation by Carl Sagan. “For me, the most ironic token of the…

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Wallace the dogs blog

Wallace the dogs blog

For a few years I had a blog for my dog, Wallace.  Which is copied here in memoriam. Because words never die. Wallace of Riverbank….

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