What songs do you remember from school? Swedes – the Swedes of my acquaintance – remember many. They sing them too, on special occasions. Midsummer is one special occasion and at Midsummer this year I was invited to contribute to the sing-along with some English school summer songs. Some? My mind went blank. Offhand, I … More…
No blog today: Stealing the structure of Herman Hermit’s No Milk Today from 1966 and turning it into a sorry excuse for a blog post.
Having the story of Cassandra and Apollo explained to me by a young man while a little girl in Greta plaits plays with a toy chainsaw.
A review of The Secret Life of Carolyn Russell, a parallell time mystery by Gail Aldwin, published by Bloodhound Books
An open letter to Prime Minister Johnson encouraging a return to the Great British currency. Down with the decimal, up with the Imperial Lsd!
The pinman in the hazard triangle lives a dangerous life. Here’s a sonnet to celebrate his superhuman contribution to human safety.
Fire in the bowl, or Cinderella and the flaming deposit, a supposedly eco-friendly adventure from my recent holiday (though I have my doubts)
A retelling of the story of St Uncumber, once the protector of women in bad marriages, now sadly demoted.
Ollio’s Facebook, this week’s photo, is a piece of graffiti by Jonathan Ollio Josefsson that I originally published on 22nd May 2013.
Belgian beer isn’t to everyone’s taste – in fact some clearly think it’s unholy! Snapshots of people seen and overheard recently at Brussels Airport.