By Jessica Steen Arms wrapped tightly around my driver as he weaves our moped through cars to an orchestra of horns. The wind whips through my hair and the smells that fill it are heady, awakening my senses with sweet perfumes and spices that quickly flit to a stomach-turning sewer and rot. The roads are… Continue reading Goa-ing down the road to equality on an island of dirt and dreams
The kingdom of the man in the shadows isn’t there if he doesn’t want you to see it …
If Bob Dylan doesn’t want you to see him, then you don’t. He’s not there … And believe me the depleted army of Paps in California rarely chase celebs like him down the street any more anyway It works far more simply than that. And it benefits the celeb, the Paps and, of course, the… Continue reading The kingdom of the man in the shadows isn’t there if he doesn’t want you to see it …
Precious memories as Bob goes back to his ‘hidden’ springtime in the 80s
And So Dylan keeps coming back … all the way To so many, Bob Dylan’s career in the 80s was drear and unfocussed … but there was a springtime and it happened in New York. And here it is, documented as part of the never-ending bootleg series. In some ways Bob Dylan in the 1980s… Continue reading Precious memories as Bob goes back to his ‘hidden’ springtime in the 80s
We sheltered from the storm as Bob stepped out of the Covid shadows to regain his kingdom
We missed the show! But thanks to everybody who chipped in to tell us how it went! It took a world pandemic to halt Bob Dylan’s Never Ending Tour. A greasy little spiky bug brought one of the music world’s greatest endeavours to its knees after 33 years. It began in a pavilion in Concord,… Continue reading We sheltered from the storm as Bob stepped out of the Covid shadows to regain his kingdom
As the century turned the CSA were already pushing us over the edge … 20 years on we are still killing ourselves because of them
UPDATED STORY It was 3am. The millennium had turned. And we’d done it … we’d got the first picture of the first baby to be born in the new century on the front page. Tamera, from East Finchley, was now forever famous. She arrrived on the fourth chime of Big Ben, 15 seconds into the… Continue reading As the century turned the CSA were already pushing us over the edge … 20 years on we are still killing ourselves because of them
The show that exploded!
Stormy weather, as Rodney and Leigh tackle the big issues dead on…will there be blood? #thunderstorms #climatechange #LGBGT #football #racism #sport #takingtheknee
So, which are you? An ex-pat or a migrant? Is there a difference and does it matter?
In recent days on sites like this, people who have chosen to live abroad for whatever reason have been expressing their dismay at being described as ex-pats. Some say the word expat is loaded with innuendo, insult and whiffs of old spice and colonialism. They see it as a sniffy term conjuring up white linen… Continue reading So, which are you? An ex-pat or a migrant? Is there a difference and does it matter?
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY – WHY DO WE STILL HATE PEOPLE FOR THE WAY THEY LOOK?
And why have I had to disguise certain words in this article to avoid the robots of social media taking it down because their AI brains just didn’t understand it? George Floyd wasn’t a good man, no doubt. And on that particular night Marcus Rashford wasn’t the best footballer. But why are they attacked for… Continue reading THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY – WHY DO WE STILL HATE PEOPLE FOR THE WAY THEY LOOK?
Leigh and Rodney talk about expats being stranded in Europe by the UK government
And take a jab at Biden and Trump… Click bottom righthand corner on picture for sound bar #Bideb #Trump #heatwave #Covid19 #EUdigitalcovidcertificates #UKgovernment
It’s confirmed, Euro double covid jabs don’t count back in UK and not even the embassy will help you….
UPDATE: The British Embassy in Bratislava confirmed that ex-pats wanting to return to the UK will have to self-isolate when they reach ‘home’. The emergency department at the embassy at the heart of Bratislava’s old town said categorically that ‘after July 19th‘ anybody who had their full set of covid vaccinations in the EU will… Continue reading It’s confirmed, Euro double covid jabs don’t count back in UK and not even the embassy will help you….