Articles by GavinDrake

Goodbye Jilly

16 January 2017 | 2 Comments

I don’t know what to say. I really don’t. And those of you reading this who know me will know that this is very unusual. There are some things that I want to get across; [...]

So when is 12th Night?

31 December 2016 | 0 Comments

© Dibiella / Pixabay Last night’s post about Christmas continuing until 5 January has led to a few questions about when, exactly is 12th Night. The answer is simple [...]

Happy Christmas (No – I’m not late)

30 December 2016 | 1 Comment

Nativity Scene© Jeff Weese When out and about shopping this week, I’ve noticed that supermarkets have stopped playing Christmas music – I would say carols, but [...]

Brexit, law and politics, and nonsense

4 November 2016 | 0 Comments

Flags of the EU member states outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg© Gavin Drake Much has been said about yesterday’s High Court judgement about the mechanism that [...]

Cinema Advertising? I’m offended!

24 November 2015 | 0 Comments

I’m not a major cinema-goer these days. But I still go around three or four times a year. It wasn’t always that way. I used to go weekly to a cinema in Bloxwich, north [...]
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