Author Archives: Mike

A Song for Tony

by Michael Skywood Clifford My ex wife had emotional diarrhoea. Her sense of empathy was extreme. When a racehorse on TV jumped a fence she would go over [..]

Culture, style and the arts, Modern life, Religious and philosophical

The Firefly

By Michael Skywood Clifford It's a beautiful late afternoon and here I am in this wine bar/ pub, an alarming mishmash of style. It may be sunny outside [..]

Culture, style and the arts, Modern life, Reviews

My letters to the Editor

PUBLISHED IN THE HINCKLEY TIMES By Michael Skywood Clifford 12th September 2013 Dear Editor, When MPs voted on Thursday 29 August in the House of Commons to veto [..]

Political

Kali Yuga

A friend of mine tells me we live in the cycle of Kali Yuga. Hinduism explains that the world consists of long timelines of mankind where ethical values [..]

Religious and philosophical

Pound shops

by Michael Clifford I remember in my early years turning to the back of the Exchange and Mart trade magazine and looking at the bankrupt stocks listed. This [..]

Modern life

The pleasure of summer, wifi and country pubs for a writer

A few weeks ago I – on a whim as always – bought a very tiny laptop, a notebook in fact. (I have since worked out it is [..]

Modern life

The Hobbit – a review

By Michael Skywood Clifford As a lone artist writing and composing in the wind, the wind is blown firmly out of my sails when I see productions like [..]

Culture, style and the arts, Reviews

A ramble on drugs…

By Michael Skywood Clifford.   Imagine a world of utter hedonism: feeling high all the time; coked up, MDMA-ed up; at parties we take Ecstasy and Ketamine; and [..]

Modern life, Religious and philosophical

On euthanasia and assisted suicide

By Michael Skywood Clifford.   It is interesting how opposite the views of most men and women are on euthanasia. Most women I know support it. They accept [..]

Modern life, Religious and philosophical

On Punk

By Michael Skywood Clifford. In 2012, the BBC are celebrating Punk with a series on BBC4 and further programmes on Radio 4 and Radio 6. I think Punk [..]

Culture, style and the arts, Political