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…and hello to the county of Dorset! A lot’s been happening since my last blog, which is partly why it’s taken so long to get ‘round to writing this one and yes, some of the reason why is due, directly, to “The Virus”. Let me tell you a little tale… I was born and raised in the fair city of Bristol quite some time ago. When I was 13, my... View Article

On August 20, 2020, my Mum would’ve celebrated her 100th birthday (she passed in 2012). I often think of and miss my Mum (and others who have departed), and now that life’s moving on for me too, I find myself pondering what it was like for her, growing up during the 1920s, 30’s and 40’s, the War Years and so forth – and am glad she’s not around to have... View Article

So here we are, halfway through the first year of the 21st Century’s third decade and heading towards Christmas – and yet it feels to me like the year might as well be over. Even with the UK relaxing the lockdown restrictions somewhat, along with hundreds of thousands of others, it still feels like being in a strange/weird open detention centre… One in which you’re allowed to exercise and purchase... View Article

See the previous blog for more information about the wondrous journey of Mektoub and his friends. https://gregmarston.net/mektoub-adventure-begins/ Essentially, eight chapters of the book have now been fully recorded and assembled, with Chapter Two available for viewing and listening to on both YouTube and Facebook via the following links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVKxAF6WLhg https://www.facebook.com/MektoubsDiary Whilst this is an amazing project to be involved with and working on right now (not only as a voice-over... View Article

And so it’s halfway through the year 2020 – already! Welcome to the UK summer – the one during which we’re not really supposed to be going anywhere. And so, I’ve been occupying myself with something most wonderful, heartwarming and just plain nice in a time when things are, shall we say, less than positive! You may have already discovered and/or watched the prologue to “The Call of Mektoub” on... View Article

Prologue for the Audiobook

So this blog is a kind of almost stream of consciousness – or at least partly – but it’s also to do with something that I read recently, probably on social media – not preaching – just paraphrasing something that I read which, to me, personally anyway, helps put things into perspective during these very strange days indeed. So all credit to whoever it was, that posted this wherever it... View Article

In April 2020, all across the land A simple thing like contact Between human folk Was banned!   The reason was a virus That blew in from the East, Infecting folk with fever, Upon their lungs to feast…   It kept us in our houses, Never to be seen, Except to buy provisions How we cursed Covid-19!   Allowed, one hour of freedom To exercise each day, And so we’d... View Article

Hello to whomsoever is reading or listening to this blog, written during week three of COVID-19 slash “Lockdown” UK! Aaaaaand that’s about all I’m going to say regarding the actual virus itself which, at least for an undetermined number of weeks, changed the world in the first year of the third decade of the twenty-first century. Actually, that’s a pretty big deal when you come to think of it, huh?... View Article

In months, maybe years to come, if you’re discovering this little blog and wondering what COVID-19 means, just Google it – because “the media” will have left such a large footprint across the internet, there’ll be no problem whatsoever in finding out what happened to the planet and the humans upon it in the early part of the year 2020. Personal opinion disclaimer: I don’t watch TV (especially news or... View Article