Month: January 2021
Cogitations: What happens when your hair falls out?
Today’s cogitation as I pound the streets of Worthing, in West Sussex, on a cold miserably day during Lockdown 3, is about baldness. A viewer asked me to do a piece about hair loss. So how could I resist? I think I qualify. PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORERMy videos are funded by people like you. […]
My Story – Writing for Television
Continuing with the series on my own heritage. I lived in Petworth for a short while in my late teens. While there I started writing, plays and TV scripts. On the back of one script I had sent to TV land, I got an invitation up to Yorkshire and see how TV was really made. […]
Cogitations: A Chat About Sleep as I walk Over The South Downs
The landscape may be familiar. I walked this route before during the first ‘lock down’ in April 2020, but this time there is a twist. I find walking very good for thinking subjects through. Today I am meditating on sleep; its importance, and whether we are getting enough.Related video: The Sompting Treacle Mines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXooXUHT7K8&t=3s PLEASE […]
The Sunday Chat for 3rd January 2021
My chance to have a natter with you about upcoming projects and ideas. Subjects covered include:The Sussex Border WalkNew Mary Hammond JumpersThe Seasons and natureThe myth of wearing a hat in the coldLife observationsBooks to review And a few other odds and ends. PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORERMy videos are funded by people like you. […]
A Winter Walk Around the Patching Woods
It’s the first day in January 2021. It may not be raining, but the ground is muddy and the temperature is just above freezing point, but I am out for a stroll. I start at Patching church, in West Sussex, and make my way westward through the Angmering Estate woodlands on a circular walk of […]