the emotional blackmailers handbook

of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and worst by far is emotional blackmail ... the diligent practise of this subtle and ancient art creates a constantly evolving darwinistic moral vacuum in which the brightest new manipulative ideas and stratagems flourish ... and which only you, or i, can fill !

peering through the window of a chandelier shop in dorking

delight yourselves at dulwich picture gallery ... now !

honestly, i really did mean to send you one ...

breakfast is served, m'lud

just messing around

many thanx to my excellent brother dave for this photograph showing ...

seasonal stuffs

christmas dawning

doh !

Uh ?

irrefutable proof that margaret mitchell's scarlett o'hara was derived from a neo-constructionalist reading of virginia woolf's room of one's own

bloody marvellous ! mrs scrooge, poem by carol ann duffy, drawings by posy simmonds from saturday's guardian

winter solstice in battersea ... no shrinking violets here !

"Another damned, thick, square book ! Eh, Mr Gibbon ? Scribble, scribble, scribble ! Eh, Mr Gibbon ?"

bright morning at horsted keynes

fuerunt ... an enigmatic memorial in the churchyard at old shoreham ... no names, just the one latin word

littlehampton ... just before the tide comes in again

saint nicolas' church at old shoreham

inside saint nicolas' church at old shoreham ... might that be the silhouette of a curate or a vicar on the right ? ... i was too shy to ask

the old shoreham road bridge