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Harold Wilson once quipped that a week is a long time in politics, and no truer example has there ever been than the last week of US...
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Grae Wall
- May 2
- 5 min
Meanwhile, Back at the Dark Castle…
27/04/2024 I’m walking through town and catch my reflection in a shop window, black coat, Breton jumper, black cap. Hollow cheeks and a...
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Grae Wall
- Apr 4
- 5 min
Tolling Bells, Feral Cats & Broken Strings!
These chapters end and leave us bereft. We tell ourselves and each other that it was a blessing, there was surely only suffering ahead,...
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Grae Wall
- Jan 11
- 3 min
Born in '62!
I was born in 1962 which means this year I will turn 62. I’m thinking I may get a new tattoo. Apparently, in numerology, the number 62 is...
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Grae Wall
- Oct 10, 2023
- 4 min
One Year AC
So, it’s been a year since I entered the dark castle of Watford General Hospital to dispose of my cancerous kidney. I remember it being...
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Grae Wall
- Aug 2, 2023
- 3 min
There May Be Trouble Ahead...
I know I can find myself being uncompromisingly honest on occasion and then reprimanding myself the following day. Maybe I shouldn’t...
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Grae Wall
- Jun 2, 2023
- 3 min
Walking With Ghosts!
I popped over to Welwyn Garden City today – just fancied a different Sainsburys in a different town. The sun was shining, and I hadn’t...
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Grae Wall
- Apr 10, 2023
- 3 min
Escape to Darnius!
I see these people – same generation as me – who’s hearts were first captured by Glam Rock, who idolised Bowie, Iggy, Lou, Marc and the...
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Grae Wall
- Feb 3, 2023
- 6 min
Buzz Time & That January Jazz!
Sixty-One – there it is, done and dusted, dozed off in my teens and woke up in the third age! Old guard folk-punk-poet in his senior...
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Grae Wall
- Dec 14, 2022
- 14 min
The C word that doesn't rhyme with Hunt!
Once upon an April night I awoke to a terrible pain that ran from chest to abdomen and doubled me up in an excruciating knot. The...
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Grae Wall
- Sep 1, 2022
- 7 min
Three Gigs, a Wedding, a Christening and a Funeral!
It’s been a strange month. You know how sometimes random things seem to be connected, like there’s some meaning to it all. It’s like...
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Grae Wall
- Jul 5, 2022
- 7 min
Outside The Box - In Conversation With Mark Christopher Lee
Chatting to Mark about revolutionising the digital music industry, next highs, occasional lows and the cool, crazy world of The Pocket...
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Grae Wall
- Jun 9, 2022
- 4 min
Vive La Revolution!
I have received word that my little book - The Sound of Revolution – has been accepted into the National Poetry Library. It’s a sweet...
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Grae Wall
- Apr 11, 2022
- 3 min
Don’t Mention the P-Word!
So back in February I was asked to participate in a little mini documentary. My friend’s daughter is at Film School and her group were...
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Grae Wall
- Jan 29, 2022
- 5 min
Not Drowning But Waving, I Think!
09/01/2022 So there I am driving from St Albans to Harpenden on a Sunday afternoon, just an ordinary day. I’m thinking about the folks...
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Grae Wall
- Dec 18, 2021
- 12 min
The Quarantine Diaries
08/12/2021 So I got up early as we had a planned Tinseltown gig at The Clock Tower. These are little pop-up gigs that the Arts Team host,...
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Grae Wall
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
Dancing Barefoot
So here we are, up in the Gods at The Royal Albert Hall as Patti kicks in to the first number. She is benediction She is addicted to thee...
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Grae Wall
- Sep 9, 2021
- 3 min
Where Are We Now?
CNN has disappeared from our cable package. That’s like God telling me I need to go to bed earlier, which I guess I do, as I have been...
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Grae Wall
- Jun 2, 2021
- 2 min
A Guide to Wellbeing and Mindful Existence #1
Never Dispose of a Body in Tidal Waters It can obviously be a temptation, especially if you feel the corpse to be suitably weighted and...
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Grae Wall
- Apr 27, 2021
- 4 min
Post Lockdown Stress Disorder
How are we all feeling? My guess is that for many this pathway back to normality may be feeling just a little bumpy and not altogether...
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