Bibliomania in the family
Does bibliomania run in my family? My grandfather, Charlie Warwick, had the reputation of being a bibliomaniac – among other things.
Memoir
This sub-category of Articulations collects posts that are mostly or largely made up of memoirs from my life, or family stories
A nice cup of tea in the morning
I can’t write without a nice cup of tea – or at least the promise of one as a reward. A quick review of my relationship to the Brits’ national beverage.
My radio days (part 1)
Memoir of the first of my radio days, recording at gunpoint in a studio in Bulgaria. (OK, not really recording at gunpoint. But kind of!)
Computers, and my first in particular
In which I am interviewed about my experience of computers in education and wax lyrical about memories of my first Amstrad.
What is your earliest memory? This is mine.
This is my earliest memory – a memory of my father – together with a poem I’ve put it into. What is your earliest memory?
Just a head cold
Just a head cold, people say. Most people seem to think that confessing to having a cold is a bit lame. The fashionable disease is the flu.
Mother’s memories – interviewing Mum about her life
Mother’s memories – I’ve started interviewing my mother about her life. She’s been through a lot in her ninety-plus years.
The pleasures of a morning swim
There’s something glorious about swimming, especially when you’re not in competition and when you have a blessedly free sauna to relax in afterwards.
Resolutions
Resolutions: a parody of the twisted information about the history of Janus and New Year Resolutions available from various Internet sites.
Ten Letters for swimmers – swimming the alphabet
Ten letters for swimmers. Iin a public swimmingpool swimmers tend to swim lengths as if they are cutting letters into the water.