“Hiram B. Redfern was a brave man until he dropped down dead.” So wrote the man’s wife in a reporters notebook as his body was carried from the auditorium on a stretcher. There are few dreams that stick in the mind but this was one of them. The name ‘Hiram B. Redfern‘ seemed so real …
Category archives: Writings
Paralympics vs Olympics
Why do we have Paralympians (if that’s the right word)? Surely, they are all Olympians? The tag immediately sets them aside as different. TV coverage was different as well. First we had the Olympics and then we had the Paralympics. Only the latter didn’t seem to get as much coverage as the former. Surely that’s …
The Sound of Speech
BBC Essex on the radio, playing some nice music. Why do so many local radio presenters sound so alike? Particularly the men. I used to be convinced the same guy dashed from one radio station to another to present shows under different names. Their voices sound similar and they have similar patterns of speech and …
Dawn over the Blackwater Estuary.
28th October 2008. 05:59. Barely getting light. Couldn’t sleep and it started getting light with a clear sky so I decided to go for a walk with the camera.
Road Map (or lack of)
I’m not who I thought I was, am I? I’m not what I thought I was either, am I? I’m not the spontaneous, happy-go-lucky, accommodating, laid back person I thought I’d been. I can be all those things – and more often than not – but it can be selective at times. If I’ve had …