Issue 158

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.. is as lovable as I obviously am. I think I mentioned that I heard a program on RN on the way home from a gig at The Lomond recently by a young-ish, deaf-ish BBC chap who’d ventured into the world of hearing aids and was trying to demystify the process for the large-ish section…

..anything at all! Anyway, it was a perfect early autumn morning when we pulled over outside the Selwyn Gallery in Darfield, a two-horse town twenty minutes west of Christchurch where the snowless Southern Alps loom over the parched Canterbury plains, this day under a blank blue sky. Unlike the other very fine galleries we’d visited…

..countries, which makes it more anodyne and less interesting. Low scores and fans with attention deficit disorder don’t help the cause either American Gridiron has the maniacal belief in logistics and tactical overkill that characterises American diplomacy or warfare. Multiple specialist teams composed of specially bred enormous and largely expendable grunts clad in full body…

..self-assigned speed ratings. I had put myself in the class that would be able to average between 20 and 25 kph for the distance . And so it felt like I waited 30 minutes before I cleared the start line and wobbled off along Eastern Beach. I had been inveigled into this sporting event, the…

Dick’s Toolbox cont. ..“Brilliance of the Sea” loomed down the channel dragging a tug “The Lourdes” behind as a token optimistic handbrake. The immensity was stunning, people like a myriad coloured dots acned the decks , the sun was momentarily blocked out as if by a partial eclipse. Our fearful eyes followed the boat’s path…