Peter Pan in Nottingham – Blog / Behind the scenes / making of
It is a conversation with Nottingham living historian Robin Hood, Tony Rotherham that began this journey and the film. Could the Arboretum really be the inspiration of Neverland? JM Barrie once lived very nearby in his tenured youth working for the Nottingham Journal albeit for...
Hair yesterday, gone today!
When one reaches a certain age as a bloke one can expect to find hair receding. This was and is something altogether different!As a dark haired individual, losing a portion of hair in one go is quite visible. Biting at my confidence with gnarled teeth....
Memory fading…?
Memory fading…? Our own personal worse fear. More than any height or the spider in the bathroom. The sense of existing forever we all feel inside confronted by the stark face of mortality when it starts to break down. Where did I put those keys...
Audio hallucinations on the edge of sleep
Audio hallucinations on the edge of sleep. Likely an occurrence that has happened to us all. When you hear a sound so vivid you wake up out of dream-state into waking. The human mind, an enigma we are continuing to probe into. Many researchers over...
York trip
A week off from the asylum, so decided to book a 4 star hotel and a couple of days in the city known as… ‘Like all the best masters of disguise it’s gone by many names: Eboracum, Eoforvic, Jorvic… today we just call it York. As...
What is the Star Line?
The Star line. Ancient places and sites are seemingly linked together in straight lines across the Earth. We look closely at one particular line with 40+ places all called ‘Star’.
Nottingham ‘Newgrange’ not quite
Not quite a ‘Newgrange’ replica, what I did find was quite a remarkable looking structure within the grounds of a cemetery north of the city of Nottingham. Found on the very cusp of the city boundary between the City of Nottingham and the area known...