Author Archives: lesleyjonesberry

Fair is foul

Posted on February 9, 2018 by lesleyjonesberry

My water bill contains the suggestion that I have a meter installed so that I can pay for the water I use.  This, is states, is “fairer”. I am reminded of a scene in Anne Fine’s novel “Taking the Devil’s … Continue reading →

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Clothes

Posted on January 7, 2018 by lesleyjonesberry

It’s January and the sense of a new start, together with tantalising offers of sales from the shops, tempts many of us to review our wardrobes. I struggle with buying clothes: faced with what seems like endless rails of garments, I find it hard to discriminate Continue reading →

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Subversive folk

Posted on May 1, 2017 by lesleyjonesberry

The most exciting television this weekend was not Line of Duty, but a moment in Doctor Who.  An episode called Thin Ice, set in 1814 London at the time of the Thames Ice Fair, and the moment comes as the … Continue reading →

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The final voyage

Posted on March 12, 2017 by lesleyjonesberry

In November 2010, we went to hear Stornoway at Southampton Students’ Union.  Our then-teenage son had sparked my interest in contemporary music after a gap of many years.  He introduced me to live gigs and this was our first “family” … Continue reading →

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Meet and greet

Posted on January 30, 2017 by lesleyjonesberry

What does an hour and a half watching Mark Rylance dressed in a bright orange puffed jacket clowning and making snow angels on stage actually give me, apart from pleasure? Continue reading →

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We are such stuff as dreams are made on

Posted on January 15, 2017 by lesleyjonesberry

I don’t believe in ghosts.  But once someone has died, I think they continue with us.  They continue in our memories and through their children (if lucky enough to have them): a tilt of the head or a look suddenly … Continue reading →

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Quick now, here, now, always.

Posted on December 2, 2016 by lesleyjonesberry

Moving to London meant leaving my job – obviously – and I am searching for work.  Writing applications is laborious (oh, the irony that hunting for work is itself hard work) and disquieting.  I cannot know how long this process … Continue reading →

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Masters, look to see a troublous world

Posted on November 21, 2016 by lesleyjonesberry

As I tried to find some way to comprehend the US Election result, Richard III came to mind.   I do not suggest that Trump is as evil, or as intelligent, as Shakespeare’s Richard; I wondered rather about the circumstances which allow … Continue reading →

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Transition

Posted on September 15, 2016 by lesleyjonesberry

I wanted to assert that we are homeless.  To some small extent this may be true – when we left the house in Hampshire, we had no date for moving into the London flat, and we are currently dependent upon … Continue reading →

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Books do furnish a room

Posted on May 17, 2016 by lesleyjonesberry

The house clearance has reached the bookcases.   I have known people who say they never get rid of any of their books and feel that disposing of them is somehow diminishing:  perhaps we need to keep the physical object in … Continue reading →

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