I feel prompted to write again on this subject following the claim that that there is another variant on the loose, given the name Omicrom, following the apparently silent disappearance of Delta. The mainstream narrative is that Covid-19 is an international threat to life. This was stated as early back as February 2020 when the … Continue reading Covid-19: Something is not adding up!
Should Iolos Fall – Part Two
It is essential for any piece of imaginative fiction that such a world should possess a kernel of realism at its heart.
Where is the Love
A year ago, frontline medical staff were praised as heroes in their response to the Covid-19 pandemic, today those people in healthcare who choose not to have the Covid-19 vaccination are vilified as public health criminals.
Should Iolos Fall – Part One
The regurgitation of Star Wars by Disney and the failure to live up to the promise of the recent Star Trek movies provoked a response; I decided to write my own science fiction epic.
Charity exists to excuse society’s lack of humanity
It is easy for even the most cynical of people to make a donation to a charity and feel good about it.
Where am I at now?
I have been busy of late, but not everything that has occupied my time has been related to either writing or any of the other things that I am interested in.
Stupid is as Stupid Does
There is a simple honesty about the above statement. Another way of putting it is that stupidity always reveals itself, because it does. Facebook can be stupid too.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Globe Theatre, London
If you enjoy Shakespeare, then the Globe Theatre is a delightful venue to watch his plays.
Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham
I found it rather difficult to empathise with the protagonist, Philip Carey. This made getting to the end of a rather long novel somewhat tedious, but I persevered. I am not sure if it was worth the effort even though this book is considered to be Maugham's masterpiece. Carey is not the kind of person … Continue reading Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham
Returning to London
London is a city that we have come to love.
Peter C Whitaker 