Alan Coleman
This is my personal website and blog. A space where I bang on about ideas and experiences.
Try as I might, I rarely succeed in sitting sit on the fence. But who cares? The middle ground is boring, it's smug and doesn't read very well.
Category Archives: Reading
A world of my own, Robin Knox-Johnson
This book was borrowed from Mandy’s mum, a proper sewn hardback with solid covers, dated 1969. The texture of the paper and fantastic photos in that washed out early colour effect adds to the feeling of a place in time … Continue reading
Chickenhawk, Robert Mason
“The Cav raced up the valley, at least eighty ships, at low level, and fast. The gaggle flew over us and continued north to their assigned objective. Minutes later, the last of their formation disappeared, and the roar silenced….. I … Continue reading
Fear and Loathing: on the Campaign Trail ‘72, Hunter S. Thompson
I never got round to reading ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ because for some reason it never really appealed to me, although like most things in my life if I were slightly less judgemental I’d probably enjoy it. The … Continue reading
Homage to Catalonia. by George Orwell
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell’s fascinating account of his part in the Spanish civil war. In a strikingly honest manner it details his basic training (or lack of it!), various theatres of warfare and the underpinning political factions involved. … Continue reading
Downriver, by Iain Sinclair
Everything you do eventually comes to a stage at which there is no turning back. Running across a busy road or having a go at the staff in the Abbey National, you are committed – it is the point of … Continue reading
