Back in 2020 I was taking part in a challenge to post across the month of June. On the third day I wrote of my…
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It’s that time of year for festive fun! The big day is nearly upon us, and in the blink of an eye it will be…
It is said that governments around the world have protocols in place to handle first contact with an alien civilisation. Precisely what those protocols are…
Proper, laugh-till-you-cry comedies feel like they’ve been something of a rarity in recent years, but in 2025 we’ve had two absolutely hilarious movies. The Naked…
I find drawn back to what is rapidly becoming the pertinent topic of our time, at least in terms of creativity and imagination. There are…
At the weekend, the world of filmmaking was left reeling at the murder of legendary director Rob Reiner, and his wife Michele. They were found…
Welcome back to the Meerkat Muse, the last one before Christmas, and the penultimate one of 2025! It’s actually fitting that the final Muse of…
A while back, I wrote a post about scammers. In the wake of a spate of recent emails, and a somewhat intriguing phone call, I…
With apologies for the lengthy title, and with thanks to the evergreen Bruce Gerencser for providing the inspiration, in this post I’m delving into a…
Sympathy and empathy are two qualities that I sometimes fear are becoming increasingly absent from the human condition. To have sympathy is to have ‘feelings…