Introduction: On Pandemics.. big society or Big Brother?
July 2022 'For the greater good' I read. Now, there was a phrase I hadn't seen for some time. But, I found myself idly wondering, what exactly does it mean, for whose…
‘Sex, Love and Life’: a personal story
Book 1 Journey into an epidemic.. Preface: A personal story What follows in these web pages is, in its way, an intensely personally story: my story. It is not a…
A feel good song feels good…
Musing on the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 outcome Dave Wiseman Like many of you I sat down to watch Eurovision with mixed feelings. I suppose I was pretty much a…
Outing in Ohanes..
David Wiseman, October 2022 Ohanes sits at 1000 metres in the eastern Alpujarras Sometimes it is simply necessary to accept that you were wrong. Your fears were unfounded, your judgement…
Reflections on a leaflet: ‘Safer Sex for Gay Men’ (HEA, UK 1990)
A 'hermit crab style' lyrical essay, by Dave Wiseman Background : In 1990, whilst working as a programme officer in the UK's 'Health Education Authority' (an autonomous authority briefed with…
‘On being open to the new and different in life: learning to love new musical forms & an early love of escapist musicals’
Dave Wiseman: An attempt at a braided essay! 1.The here and now : I realise now that it comes as a necessity when you move to a new place. A…
Music mix @65 tracklist (part 2)
Contributor: Dave Wiseman (currently celebrating 65 years on the go..) Here we go then, with the second part of my music mix@65 tracklist.. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuepE6IhfOc460_DcIqp3FVFX0K0I6_Pp Music mix @65 playlist with all…
Music mix @ 65 tracklist
By Contributor Dave Wiseman How to choose a mix of sixty-odd, favourite songs to 'delineate' your life? Well, I sat down to think (and frankly have some fun..) and put…
Heat hazed: a lyrical essay
Dave Wiseman; just a first attempt at a style akin to a lyrical essay? Heat through a hazy darkening sky: from Genoveses Morro looking south west 'It's so hot'! 'It's…
A letter from Kiev..
With so much happening in the world at the moment it is easy to forget about the ongoing events in Ukraine. I see the media start to relegate it in…