According to the labels stuck on their foreheads, these two small elephants are called Sohoni and Sarwate.
Category Archives: Relics
All That Stuff…
Hazel O’Connor – January 1981
This is one of those random events that leave a smear of residue, a small fluff ball of memory that clings to the fabric of life when so much else is washed away.
The Belgian Elephant
For anybody who sweltered through it, the summer of 1976 in the UK will always be remembered as one of the hottest and driest.
Volksoper, Vienna – November 1980
The young man in the sweatshirt and grubby blue jeans stands out amidst the genteel splendour of the opera house, an ugly intrusion like a gaudy weed in a bed of delicate perennials.
Flash drives – thanks for the memory
I don’t know how many USB drives I’ve acquired, lost, borrowed or given away. They rattle around in drawers and lie hidden at the bottom of bags.
Peter Gabriel, UB40 and Genesis – Feb-April 1980
Decline and renewal are the basic motors of the pop music scene. Always have been, always will. Bands come and go, change direction, reinvent themselves for better or worse.
The White Elephant
The whole rationale of the white elephant is that it should be utterly useless. Venerated, perhaps, but in practical terms a burdensome extravagance designed to ruin the recipient.
Off the wall: World Cup charts
As every fan knows, the primary function of the World Cup is to facilitate the filling in of the wall chart.