Hooked on the 1980s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejorQVy3m8E How can we dance When our earth is turning How do we sleep While our beds are burning

Decline and fall

According to the dashboard I've blogged only once in 8 months. The last time was back in October 2015 when I announced I was leaving central London to return to the 'burbs (well, zone 3), where I currently am. I have, on occasion, been inclined to write something but as often as not I think...

I called it “leaving Anna Madrigal”

Five years of my life spent at the last place in central London. I'm now a zone 1 exile, living in suburban zone 3. In truth it has been a lot better than I'd thought it might be. Commuting by train not so very bad (or so very long). Much quieter than living in the centre....

Circa 1950s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMTIgKTaYak Why don't we have tunes like this any more. And dance halls? And drive-thru cinemas? And jukeboxes? And suchlike. #modernlifeisrubbish

Duncan Grant – Bloomsbury Set

I've been enjoying the three-part documentary How To Be Bohemian currently airing on the BBC. Episode two focused on the sexual pioneering of the Bloomsbury set in which homosexuality and bisexuality were, as we know, de rigeur. Loving the artwork of Duncan Grant and fascinated by his personal life: Duncan's early affairs were exclusively homosexual....

Will you love me tomorrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0McuUe-NDI Love Bryan Ferry.