O Fortuna!
Always siding with the underdog as a matter of principle, I strongly identified with Salieri in Amadeus. Here was a decent, hard-working man, not born into privilege, who through […]
Macbeth and Other Mixed Metaphors
Friday Night, Holy Night; all is calm, all is bright. My response to the various days of the week has been conditioned entirely by my school and work experience. Sundays […]
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sun
I had a strange dream last night in which I received an unexpected parcel from the postman. It turned out to be a titanium wrist-watch, a very expensive one, but […]
Under the Volcano with Lulu and Mephisto
I watched the 1981 film Mephisto last night for the first time in years. Thomas Mann’s son Klaus wrote it. He killed himself I seem to remember. One of the […]
A Plague on Venice
Venice certainly casts a spell, I can personally vouch for that. I didn’t think much of the droves of tourists, however, and I think that I would really prefer it […]
Lockdown London
As movement is largely curtailed these days I thought I’d share some of my musings and revisit some of the places I’ve been to in the past. As you can […]
Datça – A Paradise for Health Tourists
Favoured holiday destination of Turkey’s film stars, singers and assorted jet-set luvvies, Datça offers a glamorous destination for your next break in this richly varied country. It’s the Turkish equivalent […]
Van Man
Turkey is a magical land with something for everyone. If sprawling on a sun-baked beach with a cold drink in one hand and a Kindle in the other has lost […]
Blood Rites in Telmessos
My new Sketchers, though deliciously comfortable with their memory foam insoles and advanced air flow system, were no match for the jagged rocks that led up to the tomb of […]
Discos and Mausoleums in Bodrum
Bodrum, ancient Halicarnassus and birth-place of Herodotus, is nowadays the quintessential resort town of western Turkey, brash and modern and home to one of the flashiest discos in the world. […]
