Welcome to Uborka Photography Week! I’m your host, Pete, and I hope you enjoy the photographs that are being presented for your delectation this week. The “not rules” set out last week, for your remindal, are: Five photos, one per … Continue reading
Next week will be Photography Week on Uborka! Read on to find out more! I seem to have a reputation as being somewhat difficult to buy birthday presents for. This year, my sister bought me a photography lesson as a … Continue reading
Nobody could doubt for a second that we’re well and truly in the ’80s now. Let’s Dance is Bowie’s best selling album, but does that necessarily mean that it’s the best? Modern Love is a song that doesn’t really do … Continue reading
I was asked recently if I’ve abandoned this project. No, of course not! Though I can see why you might think that, given that it’s taken me a good few months to get round to this review. Shall we? The … Continue reading
I didn’t read as much this year as last, perhaps because the MIL’s house in France now features a very pleasant swimming pool. What I did read was largely mystical, magical or historical in nature: The Book of Life – … Continue reading
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the … Continue reading
It will probably come as no surprise to you that Karen and I like to watch TV programmes with a bit of an edge to them. We have no objection to shows that contain gratuitous nudity, foul language, drugs, violence, … Continue reading
Pete’s sister has invited Bernard to a cocktail party on August 2nd, leaving us old folks at a bit of a loose end. Not wanting to trek all the way back to the Casa Uborka, we are looking for some … Continue reading