Return to Tema: the motorway then and now
On the Accra-Tema Motorway: first part of a report on my return to Tema, Ghana, 50 years on from when I was there as a child in 1963-64.
Header art – great featured images at TheSupercargo
A post to focus on the header art of my blog posts. This is something I feel doesn’t otherwise have a spotlight shone on it.
Writing a wreath – adventures in poetry
In which the author shares an eight-line wreath poem in iambic tetrameter, and atempts to explain how and why he went about writing it.
Morning pages in the quarry store
A follow-up to my writing resolutions from last month: this is what my writing process looks like at present – morning pages and quarry store
Pictures worth a thousand words – but which words?
A picture is worth a thousand words, even more so when we’re talking about moving pictures. A review of some films seen at this year’s Gothenburg Film Festival.
Seven years ago in Brussels, photos from 2015
Seven years ago Mrs SC and I moved to Brussels. I’ve just turned up these photos I took the first few weeks there, never before shared!
Michael Rosen and Many Different Kinds of Love
A review of Many Different Kinds of Love by Michael Rosen and some observations on the political situation in Britain at the time of writing.
Bruce and the Spider – writing resolutions in 2022
My writing resolutions for 2022 are much the same as for 2021. Here’s a look back and a look forward in the spirit of Bruce and the Spider.
Most popular posts at TheSupercargo in 2021
The twenty most popular posts at TheSupercargo in 2021, as measured by visitor numbers and time spent on each post. Separate lists for older posts and those published in 2021.
To Milkman from The Mirror: books read in 2021
A reading diary entry about all the books I read in 2021. The last one I completed was Milkman, the first was The Mirror and the Light.