by Mick Mellors | Apr 11, 2021 | Reflections
Now, here’s a thing…I’ve been doing these articles for just over 12 months or so, and this is number 52, I think. But, as lockdown begins to wind down (and there may be one or two more hiccoughs on the way!) it is maybe time to stop for a while. What I have...
by Mick Mellors | Apr 4, 2021 | Reflections
Now, here’s a thing. What do you know about the Japanese art of Kintsugi? Nothing? Well, that’s what I knew before I recently read an article about it (actually a review of two books)[1]. Kintsugi is the art of repairing pottery and binding the parts together...
by Mick Mellors | Mar 28, 2021 | Reflections
Now, here’s a thing I’ve begun to worry about. As I get older I am worried that I am in danger of turning into an old reactionary, which I think would be a terrible thing. Just to be clear, a reactionary is someone who not only opposes change but very much...
by Mick Mellors | Mar 21, 2021 | Movies
Now, here’s a thing – I realise that we haven’t had a film review for some time and unusually for me it’s a contemporary film that we are going to look at. ‘Skin’ is a 2019 film set mostly in Indiana, America in the early 2000’s. It is not an easy watch and is a 15...
by Mick Mellors | Mar 7, 2021 | Reflections
Now, here’s a thing… what is it that makes you laugh the most? Or rather, what sort of thing makes you laugh? One of the things that I share in common with my 10-year old grandson is that we both love the Far Side cartoons of Gary Larson. Sadly, Mr Larson...
