Category Archives: Autobiography

My perfect dinner guest: Les Dawson

Posted on June 18, 2025 by odeboyz

Les would have to be partial to a takeaway, since myculinary skills are somewhat limited. The person I’ve chosen would, Ithink, be happy at the prospect of joining me for a portion of cod, chipsand mushy peas, just about the … Continue reading →

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David Bowie’s 25 favourite albums

Posted on April 23, 2025 by odeboyz

The Last Poets – The Last Poets Shipbuilding – Robert Wyatt The Fabulous Little Richard – Little Richard Music for 18 Musicians – Steve Reich The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground Tupelo Blues – John Lee Hooker … Continue reading →

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Black Lives Matter: Sonny Liston’s hard life

Posted on March 5, 2025 by odeboyz

“My first trouble came when I got mixed with a bad crowd. One night we wanted to do something exciting.” “We stuck up a restaurant and I wound up in jail. I didn’t mind prison. I figured I had to … Continue reading →

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Film Reviews: Bank of Dave (part one)(2023) and Bank of Dave: The loan ranger (part two)(2025) Netflix

Posted on February 19, 2025 by odeboyz

Rory Kinnear as Dave Fishwick is outstanding. Dave is a self-made millionaire selling second-hand vehicles. Second hand vehicle salesmen are notorious for skullduggery, which makes the story even more astonishing. Tales of hardship and negative banking experiences from people he … Continue reading →

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Film Review: A complete Unknown (2025) ~ (Timothee Chamalet)

Posted on January 22, 2025 by odeboyz

A Complete Unknown is the worst Dylan biopic I’ve seen.1 It’s a Memory Lane sing-a -long. And the plot/narrative? Negligible. Quite how Dylan’s story can be emptied into a series of brooding scenes is beyond me. Elle Fanning (Sylvie Russo)2 … Continue reading →

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Two Germans Explain Success and Failure

Posted on January 8, 2025 by odeboyz

Albert Einstein 1922 If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare me a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a … Continue reading →

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A Ricky Gervais Quip

Posted on January 1, 2025 by odeboyz

If there is a God why did he make me an atheist?

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Letter from the Occupied West Bank

Posted on November 24, 2024 by odeboyz

Dear all Not ‘waiting for Christmas’ kind of waiting though it will soon be advent but the desperate, frightened, overwhelmingly emotional  kind of waiting. I  managed to wait till I was walking down the hotel corridor to my bedroom before … Continue reading →

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Black Lives Matter: Dick Gregory

Posted on November 13, 2024 by odeboyz

“Last time I was down South, I walked into this restaurant. This white waitress came up to me and said, ‘We don’t serve colored people here.’ I said, ‘That’s all right, I don’t eat colored people. Bring me a whole … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Wes Streeting ~ One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry up: A memoir of growing up and getting on (2023)

Posted on October 9, 2024 by odeboyz

To be honest I was repelled by this book before reading a page. I assumed he was presumptuous.1 I believed he was careerist student politician who’d got lucky. Wrong! Streeting is fascinating. He comes from a working-class background. (Most Labour … Continue reading →

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