John Baker’s Blog

I have to smile at the popular images of community living, as depicted in film and television. These often show groups of naïve young people being manipulated by a cynical older man. There is usually some form of exploitation going on, drugs or mind-zapping religious theories, and we are led to believe that most of [...]

‘I’m in love with somebody else, as well as you,’ he had told her. ‘As well as you . . .’ All that honesty. All that pain. Very seventies.

Those lines from David Armstrong’s novel, Thought for the Day, made me think about that decade. Where I was and what I was doing [...]