Author: Andrea Martin-Banks

Leigh and Rodney extol the virtues and the negatives of people leaving their homeland CLICK TO WATCH VIDEO #HarryandMegan #Costablancaandvalencia #migration #Alicante

It is part of being human to want people to think you are absolutely fabulous. Even if you’re just an Ordinary Joe, or a wallflower wife or the bloke who works down the chip shop, you want to be thought of as something special. But what if – in the lardy, oily, fiery, fat-dripping confines… Continue reading MOMMY MUNCHHAUSEN AND OTHER BLACK-HEART NARCISSTS

A true story of absolute horror Picture this … a 95-year-old granny suffering dementia, is leaning heavily on her zimmerframe and moving slower than a snail round a specialist care home. Clare Newland – who once, for a few minutes, was the ‘darling’ of the Australian nation – is in the home because she is… Continue reading Why was dementia victim Clare, 95, TASERED as she hobbled slowly towards police on her zimmerframe?

Our surrealist writer ERIC LASTICK this week investigates a stringed and wired hero of our time… JIMI OF WALLS AND BRIDGES: Seattle island urban three-storey high…builds of a red house over yonder. Jimi Hendrix stamped and owned on the exterior wall. Afro and moustache trademark a stellar vibe of his guitar. And as if to… Continue reading THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE OF THE GOLD… AND IN THE BLUES OF OUR TIMES

Rodney and Leigh discuss the Cloud over our society – come and join them… CLICK TO WATCH

A three part story-adventure of the Doors’ vocalist, Jim Morrison Another stunning piece of surrealism from The Society’s resident writer ERIC LASTICK ….  ( PART 1)   CRYSTAL SHIP IN WAKING HOURS: A genesis on board. Crystal take wave…of waters of ship too sail, “the poetic” on time of hypnotic float …paddle to it’s form. Know… Continue reading TRIAD MOVEMENTS TOWARDS THE WAIT OF THE SUN

Howdyado everybody! Welcome aboard Leigh’s preservation society – it’s become a bit of a runaway since surrealist writer Eric Lastick began steering! Thanks mate! However, some people are a bit confused by the intention of the site The Leigh G Banks Preservation Society – Surviving life with laughter, literature and love… but the answer is… Continue reading Love, laughter and literature – Leigh, Eric and Andrea welcome you all to a bit of self-preservation

So, the lid may have finally closed on justice for a teenage boy The woman whose claims led to the torture and murder of teenaged Emmett Till, has died at the age of 88. The Calcasieu parish coroner’s office in Louisiana confirmed the death of Carolyn Bryant Donham, Mississippi. She had cancer and was in… Continue reading Woman who ‘whistled up’ Emmett Till’s murder dies, aged 88

In the late 70s i was living that grand old hippy life of strange cigarettes, crash pads with cushions for floors and velvet curtains for walls … it was quite magical! The Hari Krishna temple used to visit – and so, believe it or not did, Edgar Broughton with members of his Big Band …… Continue reading My missus turned my test-Pressing of Blonde on Blonde into an ashtray

Rodney and Leigh investigate why the maths of business don’t always add up. We need to do our sums…then they go to war over Nukes #maths #Nukes #war CLICK TO WATCH VIDEO