A Miscellany from Deepest Kent

As the lockdown rules have changed a bit and we can now drive to different locations for exercise (in England), I've enjoyed several pl...

[Updated June 2021] 'The long song' used to be a feature on Simon Mayo's Radio 2 show where he played the tracks that don't ...

I type this particular blog post while thinking of Jane Austen writing while holed up in her garret room! Who else misses the good old days...

I know that politics is a huge turn-off for many readers as it's coming at us every time we turn on the news, but I wanted to take a mor...

Spring is coming but winter wasn't really so bad. February presented us with the hottest winter temperature ever recorded in the UK. Whi...

I recently learned that we refer to a collection of songs as an album because when music was only really available on 78 rpm vinyl records y...

I was recently challenged to pick ten of my favourite books via Facebook. As always, this seemed a good opportunity to do a blog, and I'...