The Father – Page 3 – Iain Douglas Stewart

I’m not the same person I was seven years ago

By Iain 11 April 2010Reflections2 Comments

I went back and re-read this post the other day – it was most enlightening. I was so sad back then, I look back and it’s genuinely hard for me to recognise my own writing. I mean, I know it’s just words on a screen, it’s not hand-written, but it’s hard for me to see that it was me.

My brother’s blanket

By Iain 10 March 2010Music, ReflectionsNo Comments

Well, there is my brother's blanket in all it's glory, being modelled so nicely by my brother himself, but what on Earth does it have to do with this Massive Attack track Unfinished Sympathy? So I was watching MTV one day (back in the days when MTV only played music all day rather than non-stop repeats of Pimp My Ride,…

RFBW: The Hobbit

By Iain 21 February 2010Books, ReviewsNo Comments

It's time for me to reveal my favourite book of all time! The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien My Dad used to read this to me at bed-time when I was, I guess, about 8, that was the first time I heard the story. The first time I read it myself, I was about 16, but I didn't finish it. I…

2009 Top 10: Gran came to visit

By Iain 23 December 2009ReflectionsNo Comments

My Gran and her sister Margaret came and stayed with my Mum for a couple of weeks at the end of September/start of October. First, some explanation - it seems nothing is ever straightforward! My Gran, Jean, is actually my Dad's adopted mother, and her sister Margaret is my Dad's biological mother. Because Margaret wasn't married when she had my…