Roy Stannard's Blog

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  • Joyeaux Anniversaire, comme ils disent

    ‘Comme ils disent’ ‘As they say’, and they did about us But we stepped to one side and let the dissenters pass We let the March become April and the thunder become light. Read more

  • On the day you said yes

    The famous last words of two stories That became one on that day On the day you said yes And every day since. Read more

  • Star Formation: Mike Kerr of Royal Blood

    Mike Kerr of Royal Blood agrees to a 2 hour radio interview and music journey.We play adrenalin-pumped rock and roll, we nod back to Led Zeppelin, and nod forward to Drenge. The Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Muse, Queens of the Stone Age, The Raconteurs, Them Crooked Vultures also feature. Musical signposts rather than antecedents, combined with… Read more

  • Google Tracking – The Adman will find you

    Google Tracking is now collating your every movement and recording it for posterity, with time stamped data about how long you were there and unerringly accurate plotlines on a map showing this activity in a kind of modern day Pepys diary. Read more

  • How do you interview the 20th Century?

    Through a mutual friend the opportunity arose recently to interview in a kind of Desert Island (Denton Island?) Discs format, the former Chancellor and Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Denis Healey, who resides at Alfriston and is one of the dominant figures in Twentieth Century politics. Read more

  • Words are Important. Do you Copy?

    A word in your shell-like.. If you are a business one of the best ways of making an impact on the people you want to impress is by writing and hosting good clear and compelling copy on your various web platforms. Words are like the air we breathe. You can’t avoid them and they infiltrate… Read more

  • Farewell, Old Long Since

    It was a year that didn’t stop for anyone but there will be another one along in a minute. Read more

  • Somewhere, Nowhere, Everywhere

    Somewhere, nowhere, everywhere Before the rise and fall of everything When the tilting storm clouds creased their foreheads And the world felt numb I searched for meaning in words and phrases like a dictionary compiler struck blind I couldn’t see for the eyes in front of me I couldn’t hear because there were too many… Read more

  • The Poppies

    We were at peace with the poppies, whispering like moths wings on a perfect Sussex hillside Feeling the fairy stems caress our legs like a repeated yes, yes. Read more

  • It Was Darker Then

    A poem about revolution inside and outside the heart. Read more