Morewell

Keep the Aspidistra Flying – George Orwell (1936) After my review of George Orwell: A Literary Life last week, I decided to Google-up on what’s going on in the Orwell universe as of late. One link follows  another and, as these things tend to play themselves out, I am now registered to attend an all day conference on the author’s work…

Try Sharing

I saw this mural by London based artist Mau Mau near Camden Tube Station this afternoon. Apparently the piece has been in place since 2013, I just never noticed it before now – which certainly speaks volumes as to my general level of alertness. With  predictions of another global financial collapse occurring this year rife…

Giving life the runaround

Of all the tortures to which an otherwise sane person could willingly submit themselves, there are few activities I dread and despise more than jogging. Everything about this most sadistic of ventures fills me with equal measures of distain and revulsion. And yet, as soon as I arrive home from work, I waste no time in…