Music

Gretchen Peters Five Minutes

By Trev August 17, 2018August 16, 2018 4 Comments 2 min read

If music be the food of love, play on, that's what William Shakespeare wrote. He was right too. Come to ...

By Trev March 17, 2018 10 Comments 2 min read

Playing Guitar I've been playing guitar for almost 50 years. There's probably not a day passes without me having a ...

By Trev March 6, 2017 7 Comments 2 min read

The Strange Tale Of Arthur Micklethwaite And The Beatles Taking a busy train to Liverpool one day, I sat next to ...

By Trev November 21, 2015 0 Comments 3 min read

I've been trawling through my local record stores stock of vinyl today, and it's good to see it making a ...

By Trev October 26, 2015October 31, 2015 0 Comments 1 min read

I have always loved music, all sorts of music. From Beethoven to Beatles and a lot in between. My ...

Another Time Another Bench
Benchman went to see Another Time which is one of the pieces by sculpture artist Anthony Gormley. There are a few of these statues situated at various locations across the U.K. This particular statue is on the beach at the seaside town of Margate in Kent. The complete set of works are titled ‘Another Place’ […]
A Room Full Of Books
Being in a room full of books is like being in a room with all of your friends. Each one is a conversation, full of memories or imaginations, telling stories to keep us enthralled. Other books are full of knowledge, how to bake a cake or make a cupboard. Some are colourful with pictures and […]
Spending The Day With An Old Friend
There’s nothing wrong with spending the day at the graveside of an old friend or loved one. If we’re lucky they may even turn up in the flesh, so to speak. I chat with a lot of people who are no longer with us. Old friends, family and neighbours. You don’t have to visit their […]

Desperate Measures March 21, 2020
Desperate Measures It’s not the great beer that draws us all here, It’s not classy wine that tastes so damn... The post Desperate Measures first appeared on Gloria Smud.
The Best Apple December 17, 2019
The Best Apple An apple hung upon a tree, It stood out from the rest. Ruby red, sun ripened skin... The post The Best Apple first appeared on Gloria Smud.
It’s Only A Song October 3, 2019
It’s Only A Song “It’s only a song….” Only a song? Goodness me, no! You’ve got it all wrong! It’s... The post It’s Only A Song first appeared on Gloria Smud.