Anthony Roberts: 'How should we spend today? Let’s do nothing'
Columnist Anthony Roberts says he excels at doing nothing.
Columnist
Director at Colchester Arts Centre. I write weekly columns for the Daily Gazette.
Director at Colchester Arts Centre. I write weekly columns for the Daily Gazette.
Columnist Anthony Roberts says he excels at doing nothing.
In 4,000 years time, when the history teacher turns the page and announces Colchester to the schoolchildren, what stories will they tell?
I CAN’T be the only one who imagines a glittering and magnificently successful career doing something completely different in the future.
When was the last time you swooned? I love the idea of swooning. It makes me think of Jane Austen.
If in doubt, put the kettle on. If you follow this simple mantra you won’t go far wrong in life.
There’s a familiar old saying, you can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family. The same can be said of where you live. You can choose your house, but you can’t choose your neighbours.
Our columnist Anthony Roberts is not a touchy-feely sort of person...
A moment of excitement and drama descended upon us this week when we were suddenly called upon for help. The telephone rang. It was a call from the Save Our Libraries campaign.
While the arts centre was shut it seemed like a good idea to take the opportunity to give our little office a lick of paint and get the floor sanded.
Every now and then something crops up that makes my ever-increasing decrepitude inescapably more apparent.
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