By John M Davis Today, April 6th 2018 , the ever stylish Françoise Hardy is releasing a new album on Parlophone. Her 28th French album is entitled, “Personne d’autre” (see link here). […]
Françoise Hardy Contemplates Le Large Like No One Else.
Let The Flowers Bloom Part 1: Christina Milarvie Quarrell and John Davis
Following on from their May 20th post which explained the dangers of ‘Man Up’ patriarchy and analysed the context of male illnesses of despair, Christina and John examine the impact of patriarchy […]
Let The Flowers Bloom Part 2:
Let The Flowers Bloom Part 2: Christina Milarvie Quarrell and John Davis Part 1 of this post discussed the disabling, violent and controlling effect of patriarchy in male-female relationships. It posed questions […]
5 Things That Could Have Happened But Didn’t – In 2016.
Over the next two weeks the twitter-sphere and internet will be full of lists concerning 2016’s memorable moments, top ten’s and awkward regrets. Many people would wish that Brexit was not happening, […]
Change Comes From Within: Muhammad Ali, Country Music, Scotland and Unity
The death of Muhammad Ali led me to write an article for Common Space concerning what we could learn from Ali’s life. – see the link to the article here the two […]
When Is A Po-Boy Not A Poor-Boy?
I am just back from a trip to New York where we were at a meeting of the Better Care Network which was seeking to develop a paper on ‘informal’ care. It […]
Children love Hugs – They Nurture Their Souls
Sorry for the lack of posts last month, our wonderful Aunt died at the age of 88. She was born in 1928, a year that included: Leon Trotsky being arrested in Moscow; […]
