Dear Cat & Fi, Hello and a hearty happy Easter to you both! I'm currently demolishing the Mini Eggs in the above picture as I write this. Very good they are too. It's been something of a drought blogging wise since the last entry I wrote to you but never fear, I am back and … Continue reading Dear Cat & Fi: The One on Easter Monday
by Alex MacGregor Awaken, friends, this is the dawn of a new day For now we leave behind the time we can no longer turn back For now we leave behind the futile grains of unfulfilled sand Let us not hold onto our grievances, the dead lichen of the day before Let us not deny … Continue reading Begin Again
I've spoken many a time on this here blog before about my formative experiences with being introduced to music. And with the return this week of All Saints, the sassier, streetwise and grittier alternative to many of their 90s and 00s pop contemporaries, now seems like a good time to breach this very subject again. … Continue reading They’re moving, they’re coming: my thoughts on the glorious return of All Saints
Dear Cat & Fi, Hellllooo thar! Firstly my apologies. This is the first and long overdue 'Dear Cat & Fi' of 2016, which we are now a whole month and a bit into. Scary how fast the year has gone already that we are now approaching spring (although looking outside right now as I write … Continue reading Dear Cat & Fi: The One with all the Soup
By Alex MacGregor Nothing has changed. Polished wood, radiator guards. Chairs stacked in two. Windows peeling with white paint. Nothing has changed. Pyrex mugs, a giant urn. Coffee, tea. Custard creams and bourbons. Nothing has changed. The distant echoes. Squeaking footsteps, joyful laughter. Not knowing where we were going. Nothing has changed. Clinging evermore to … Continue reading The Hall
It's Boxing Day! Which means a couple of things - firstly, cold meat and pickles in endless bounty (YAY). And secondly, also means it's time for me to hand out my second annual End of Year Prizes on this here blog. Unbelievably it's now been a whole 12 months since we last handed them out, … Continue reading Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2015
What Christmas Means to Me by Alex MacGregor A choir singing merrily on high Oxford Street lighting up the sky Frost nipping my rosy cheeks 24 days, counting down the weeks Roaring fires, all snug and warm Excitement when I wake in the Yuletide morn Stockings hung, the tree lit up Heady mulled wine filling … Continue reading A festive poem from yours truly…
Dear Cat & Fi, Helllooo!!! As has been mentioned elsewhere, it has been an awfully long time since I last wrote a 'Dear Cat & Fi' to you both. And I am happy to confirm that that time to write a new one, is in fact now. And behold, my view whilst writing to you … Continue reading Dear Cat & Fi: The One with all the Acts of Kindness
Afternoon all! And a hearty welcome to December on my blog! I do realise it has been something of a very long while since I last wrote an entry (a month. That's usual, I know). Once again, feet of blame must rest firmly at the door of 'real life shit', and it's only now things … Continue reading #CrazyStupidPlaylist: ‘Last Christmas’
From a quick glance at what occupies the top end of the charts these days - even the recently revealed track list for the latest Now compilation reveals a record 10+ count of 'featuring' tracks, most of which are faceless, generic dance and EDM fusing random DJs with random session vocalists - pure, out and … Continue reading #CrazyStupidAlbum: Little Mix – “Get Weird”
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