One of my favourite bands in the 1980s was T’Pau and I have previously done a post about their album Essential (which is an absolute bargain, and you should pick up if you don’t have a …

I have done a number of posts that are book reviews related to music, a post talking about the albums have influenced me most, and there are those related to Frankie Goes To Hollywood and the book …

As I wrote in my previous post (A New Meadow – Visiting Shrewsbury Town), at the weekend, for my birthday, I went to Shropshire with my family. As I have noted in other posts (see, for example, Fav…

I recently visited Attingham Park (Atcham, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire) for the first time in many years. I had been put off from going due to the, in my view, high cost of entering. It feels parti…

One of my favourite bands in the 1980s was T’Pau and I have previously done a post about their album Essential (which is an absolute bargain, and you should pick up if you don’t have a …

As I noted in my review of The Retreat by Mark Edwards, reading that book and my comments on social media, I realised that I needed to re-read The Lucky Ones. This is what I have recently done. The…

Following my posts about Kubla Khan, Because of You, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, and The Lake, this is the last post about some of my favourite poems. And it is a bit of a cheat because …

SHROPSHIRE is one of the happiest places to live in England and Wales.