Tag Archives: Delius
Memories, murders and riots (a longish one, sorry)
Listening to Delius’ A Walk to the Paradise Garden on the wonderful BBC Radio 3. This evocative piece of music transports me, on a wave of that curious emotion which combines joy, wonder, rapture with a sad awareness that things … Continue reading
Posted in Britain now & then
Tagged community, Delius, Hope not Hate, immigrants, murder, riots, social media, Southport
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My house for a Hockney? Well, I’d miss the spitting cones …
Ahhhh. Spring. I love it. Well, when it’s sunny I do. Yes, even if it’s ch-ch-ch-ch-chilly. Today the trees have that Impressionist look about them – les nuages comme des little puffs of Pope-announcing white smoke. Le ciel, bleu comme … Continue reading
Posted in Lancashire & the golf coast
Tagged David Hockney, Delius, drawings, gardening, pine trees, robins, spring, The Arrival of Spring, toads, wood pigeons
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MEMOIRS OF A HUSK 