Sitemap - 2023 - Rambling Musings
Christmas cheer for the Reds as they top the Premier League
Beautiful Ironbridge on Christmas Day
“Unabomber: In His Own Words" (2020)
The unsolved murder of Beverly Lynn Smith (2022)
“Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker” (2023)
Honours even in Anfield Christmas Cracker
“Ronnie O’Sullivan: The Edge of Everything” (2023)
Reds stroll into last 4 of the Carabao League Cup
A fanzine writer speaks…….again
Spoils shared in Anfield stinker
Youthful Reds bounced to dead rubber defeat in Brussels
Castaway with my Desert Island Discs
Super Subs, the farce of VAR, and the Reds top the Premier League
Blades blunted as Reds march on
Seven goal thriller sees Reds up to 2nd in Premier League
Reds ease into last 16 of the Europa League with game to spare
Honours even in the Manchester sunshine
Australia spoil the Indian coronation to become World Champions
Captain Cummins leads Australia into World Cup Final
Kohli and Shami guide India to one win from destiny
“Cause I got too much life. Running through my veins. Going to waste”
Salah at the double and the chaos magic of Darwin Núñez
The Afghan dream is over as England and Pakistan play out dead rubber
Reds humbled on bizarre night by “Les Violets”
England bounce the Netherlands in dead rubber as Maxwell breaks Afghan hearts
Luis Díaz spares the Reds blushes
Australia hammer final nail into England’s World Cup coffin
Núñez wonder goal steers Reds through the storm
Liverpool cut down Forest with statement win
World Cup can't end quickly enough for a sorry England
Toulouse hit for 5 as Reds European train rolls merrily along
Early exit looms for an embarrassing England at the World Cup
Champions England on brink of losing World Cup crown
Mo Salah at the double leaves the "Toffees" feeling blue
England shocked and humbled by Afghanistan
Ironbridge is twice as nice in some warm October sunshine
Malan century sees England off and running at the World Cup
Defensive horror show costs Reds at "Sussex by the Sea"
"The Exorcist: Believer" (2023)
Kiwis hand England a painful World Cup lesson
Liverpool labour to Europa League win over USG
VAR and the death knell of the "Beautiful Game"
Díaz and Núñez blow away the Hammers bubbles
The “Blackford Book Club” is now fully stocked!
Robertson leads Reds to comeback victory in the Black Country
September hat-trick from beautiful Ironbridge
Trent Alexander-Arnold and a stroll in the Liverpool sunshine
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Núñez at the double as 10 man Reds stun Newcastle
Friday musings from The Netherworld
Out Now! “The Spirit of Cricket”
“The Blackford Book Club” is live on Youtube!
Szoboszlai and Díaz sparkle for 10 man Reds
High flying birds over the canal — Part 2
Evening reflections from beautiful Ironbridge
High flying birds over the canal — Part 1
Bats and Giants and Baseball on the Riverside
Reds and Blues flatter to deceive at The Bridge
“World Book Day” in beautiful Ironbridge
Out Now! “The Spirit of Cricket”
“Unknown: Cave of Bones” (2023)
Ashes debrief and final cricketing ramble for the Summer
The Ashes ends with the storybook finish it deserved
Evening sunshine from beautiful Ironbridge
Rain ruins everyone’s fun at The Oval
Root and Bairstow bat Australia into a no lose situation
Honours even after Day 2 at The Oval
Aussies take charge after Day 1 at The Oval
It was a Christopher Nolan type of a day
Labuschagne frustrates England as Old Trafford Test enters final day
Rain, Rain, Go Away. Come Again Some Other Day?
Crawley punishes Aussie “school team” as England dominate at Old Trafford
England ahead on points after Day 1 in Manchester
America’s pastime beside an English River
Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning — Part One (2023)
The Ashes are alive to the sound of a Yorkshire roar
Ashes Summer Musings: Vol VIII
Ashes in the balance after 2 remarkable days at Headingley
A stroll on the banks of the River Severn
Marsh the centurion as butter-fingers England rue missed chances
A return to beautiful Tyrley Locks
A return to the Shropshire Union Canal
Ruthless Aussies douse the revolutionary English fire
Australia favourites after “surreal day at Lords”
Rain ends the England pain as Australia dominate at Lords
Aussies bounce out the Bazballers! Lords Test perfectly poised
Indiana Jones and a Quest for the Ashes
A morning return to Wheaton Aston
Locks, Locks and more Locks, on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
Ironbridge Regatta, 25th June 2023
Pictorial stroll from Bratch Locks to Stourton Locks
Sunshine filled greetings from Ironbridge
A rolling stone on the Trent and Mersey Canal
Who says cricket is boring? Aussies win a thriller!
1st Test on a knife edge as Broad gives England real hope
Aussies on top as the storm clouds gather in Birmingham
Khawaja century edges Aussies ahead in 1st Ashes Test
Root century but it’s honours even after Day 1 at Edgbaston
Nutbush City Limits on the Trent and Mersey Canal
Sunday in Market Drayton beneath thundery Summer skies
Adderley Locks amid thundery skies
Salvador Dali in the sunshine of Shrewsbury
Sunshine from the Shropshire Union Canal
Relentless and Ruthless: Australia, Test Match Champions of the World
A sunshine return to Lilleshall Abbey
Welcome to the Pleasuredome! Final day shoot-out to decide World Test Champions
Cricket, Carvery and an evening return to Ironbridge
Green “screamer” at The Oval as Australia favourites for World Crown
Australia on course to be World Test Champs after just 2 days at The Oval
Aussies set down dominant marker ahead of The Ashes
England warm up for The Ashes with easy victory over Ireland
“Chasing the Impossible and a Sword of Damocles” — Out Now!
Fish and Chips in Ironbridge — Part II
Buildwas Abbey in the sunshine
Sunshine from the Llangollen Canal
“A Stream in the Sky” in the sunshine
A sunshine return to Chirk Castle
Easy as Wrenbury on a sunny Sunday morning
A return to beautiful Oswestry
Ellesmere blooming in the May sunshine
A sunshine return to Moreton Corbet Castle
Dead rubber explodes into an eight goal thriller!
Whittington Castle in the sunshine
A sunshine filled return to the canal
“Diary from the 2022 FIFA World Cup”
Si Señor! Obrigado Pelas Memórias Bobby!
A canal stroll into the past — Part II
A canal stroll into the past — Part I
Reds chase for Europe in a victory made in Liverpool
The Essential Film Reviews Collection
Long live The King! The Egyptian King
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 (2023)
Salah penalty enough for routine Reds win
Read All Over The World — Part IV
Los Blancos Reds with vital comeback win in the Capital
48 hours in the life of a published author
Salah and Jota cut down Forest
Beautiful Gnosall in the Spring sunshine
Spring sunshine from Norbury Junction
A paperback writer in Ironbridge?
Gifts galore at Elland Road as Reds hit Leeds for six
Playing tourist guide in Toytown
Anyone care to help me publish my book?
“The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker” (2023)
Sunshine after the rain in beautiful Ironbridge
Rhetorical Questions Round a Rectangular Dining Table
Honours even in Anfield battle of wills
“The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
Easter in the sunshine of Shrewsbury
Easter in the sunshine of Ironbridge
“Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes (2021)
Reds grab a fortunate point from a miserable game at the Bridge
Going down to the river with The Boss
“John Wick” — Chapter 4 (2023)
ChatGPT and the slow death of humanity
“John Wick” — Chapter 3 (2019)
“John Wick — Chapter 2” (2017)
I’ve joined LinkedIn (for what it’s worth)
Sorry seems to be the easiest word
That was another week that wasn’t
“Luther: The Fallen Sun” (2023)
Facebook censorship and the curious case of John McAfee
“Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
Montaña de Madrid demasiado empinada para Rojos galantes
“Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre” (2023)
Billing too costly for a lacklustre Reds
An insurrection of mind control
I’ve never watched the X-Files
Reds in Seventh Heaven as they cast the Manchester Devils into the night
Reds back to winning ways over a toothless Wolves
Who says Test Match cricket is boring? Kiwis win a thriller!
Test Match up for grabs in thrilling final day shoot-out
Southee leads a brilliant Kiwi comeback. Wellington Test beautifully poised
Saturday night thriller it wasn’t as the Reds limp to a point at the Palace
Anderson and Leach rip through the Black Caps
Graham Hancock and the “most dangerous show on Netflix”
Harry Brook and Joe Root put the Kiwis to the sword
Magnifico Los Blancos barrer a un lado Los Rojos
6 in 6 for the McCullum and Stokes cricketing revolution
The crazy chaos of the Premier League! But the Reds grab all 3 points
Broad rips through the Kiwis as the “Bazball” revolution gathers pace
Blundell century keeps New Zealand hopes alive in Mount Maunganui Test
England take charge after Day 1 in Mount Maunganui
Derby delight for Liverpool as the Reds drop the Blues
Conversations with “The Father”
Conversations with “The Father”
Reds seal 13th League Title as Clem is accorded a heroes return
Rhetorical Questions Round a Rectangular Dining Table
Hungry Wolves devour a defenceless Reds
“The Beatles: Get Back” (2021)
I’m a published writer! (kind of)
Holders out as the Sword of Damocles edges nearer for an unlucky Liverpool
“Manchester by the Sea” (2016)
“Directed Evolution” — Pardon me, could you repeat that please?
“The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
“The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
The Doomsday Clock and the cult of fear
“You Were Never Really Here” (2017)
Mid-table bore draw helps neither Chelsea Blue nor Liverpool Red
“We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011)
“O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford (2007)
“Medicine for Melancholy” (2008)
Elliott wonder strike keeps the holders in the FA Cup
Brighton March to Solly’s tune
Friday 13th with the “Grand Old Lady”
“Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
“No Country For Old Men” (2007)
“The Man Who Wasn’t There” (2001)
Holders still in the FA Cup but an unwanted replay looms at Molineux
“The Last of the Mohicans” (1992)
“Shambolic” Reds stung by the Bees
“Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)