The Life and Opinions of Andrew Rilstone

I'm still alive. Quite likely to write something about something before too long. I'm sure by now you've all been to the Other B...

Here is, sorry, here BE, a playlist of songs about Highwaymen, Outlaws and Pirates.

But in the meantime: Lawrence Miles has written the best thing that has ever been written about Doctor Who, starting here . I only mildly...

At risk of turning this Blog into the Tom Paxton fan site, today would be an excellent day to listen to this song again. This Song I...

Superman didn't have any humble beginnings. Superman ate fire and shit ice from the git-go. Dave Sim Sea lapping on the shore. A w...

Dear Andrew, I have been imagining you walking around Bayreuth – I have a pretty good picture of it in my head. I can visualise t...

Dear Opera Buddy O.K. So I have now seen Bob Dylan perform live, heard Parsifal at Bayreuth and met Tom Baker. I can therefore ...

Dear Andrew, I always find coffee problematic in foreign parts - milchkafee should be coffee with milk but for some reason my efforts t...

Dear Andrew,   I really did mean it when I said I wanted to hear from you. When I was learning Latin at school we read Pliny’s letters...

Dear Opera-Buddy So I said I'd give you a running commentary on what is going on in Bavaria. (I hope this is really what you...