Finnginn

Newer readers may be wondering why a blog full of political rants about current events has the tag 'poet' in its subheading. I used...

When you lose a campaign, it is easy to lose heart. The future looks like a grimmer place with less humour. You wonder why others, whom yo...

I am aware that this blog has become a little political of late. So, apologies to everyone who follows me for whimsical tales from the worl...

There's nothing like an impending economic disaster to rekindle an old friendship, so I wasn't surprised the morning after Brexit wh...

Regular readers of this blog will know that my cactus, Spike, is a committed Europhile. Obviously, he doesn't get a vote in the upcoming...

An Angel Day is a day when you are supposed to spend your time selling your labour power to profit someone else, but instead you spend your ...

The piccolo problem is not, as you might expect, a problem for piccolo players. It is a problem for players of large instruments such as the...