Some of you asked for this as I mentioned it: LOVE AND AGE I play’d with you ‘mid cowslips blowing, When I was six and you were four; When garlands weaving, flower-balls throwing, Were pleasures soon to please no more. Through groves and meads, o’er grass and heather, With little playmates, to and fro, We…
The Loss Of Silence
I loved silent movies and still do. There was a programme on when I was a child hosted by Michael Bentine (an original member of the Goons) in which he introduced a silent movie or two every week. It was a must watch. It was during that time that I laughed with the Keystone Cops…
First Words
I am told, because I do not remember, the first complete sentence I ever said was ‘I’m fed up’ as I was sitting on the bottom of the staircase in one of mum’s many houses. The reason for this being so well remembered by everyone is because it is the exact first sentence my mother…
Love And Age
Actually the title is a very lovely poem by Thomas Love Peacock but my thoughts are more about what we construe to be love. I was always a little surprised at the few newspapers reports when I was a child (about two if I recall) of young men marrying sixty year old women – or…
The Truth About Books
A Brief History of Lies by Daniel Nanavati Release Date: 1st Jun 2010 Publisher: Footsteps Press ISBN: 978 1 4457 6849 6 RRP: £6.50 This is what you get when an author can’t decide if their book is “funny” or “serious”… An unashamedly unabashed subtitle proclaims this non-fiction title to be “The Most Brilliant Book…
San Fransisco Review Of Books
A Brief History of Lies: The Most Brilliant Book Ever Written Filed in Featured-NonFiction, Humor – Nonfiction on June 30, 2010 with no comments By Daniel Nanavati CreateSpace, $8.00, 100 pages Everybody lies. We lie to protect ourselves, to protect others, to prevent hurt feelings, to get what we want, to stay out of trouble….
War Is A Gain
A long time ago when talking about humanity’s endless round of wars a professor said ‘men love war and women love warriors’, and suggested it will alway be with us. Excavations of a lost city in central America have suggested not only is this the oldest city ever found, but that it was a major…
Writing For Children
I knew I wanted to write for children when I was fourteen. I think it was the absolute joy of finding all those fairytales, reading C.S.Lewis and Hugh Lofting, J.R.R.Tolkien, Hans Christian Andersen, and the amazing fables of Greece, Rome and India. I think I still loved those kinds of stories in my adult life…
One Liners
I have a penchant for comedians with one liners that make one laugh. From the strange to the bizarre. Even old Bob Hope can make me smile sometimes. I recall Steven Wright saying he had just put a skylight in his new apartment and that the people upstairs were furious. There is something about making…
I Will If You Will
The Western world is very keen to discuss individuality as long as it falls within certain parameters.To show your individuality as entrepreneurship is hotly advocated, but individuality that dissents from the norms is degenerated. I have often wondered where these norms comes from as they change over the generations (you only have to look at…