Year: 2020

Hi, As someone who maintains two wardrobes, there are times when the differences in the fashion industry’s approach frustrates. As a bloke, my options around trousers, shirts, and boots are fairly static, and therefore easy. At least, they are for a person who shops on the high street – or more accurately, retail park via online. Perhaps if I was more into higher fashion and/or higher expense, there would be more going on, but hey ho. While I have some interest in how I look as a guy, I have more thoughts, interest, and choice in Lynn mode. Style and fashion – for the two are not always good bedfellows, IMHO – in the women’s department is considerably more complex. […]

Hi, In conversation with the Every Lovely Mrs J, I realised that the Jones Crew had not been into town since February. Sure, there’s been the school run, occasional supermarket shop or pick up, but no visit to the town centre. Perhaps like a growing number of folk, it’s a lot easier to get things online. Not just Amazon, but looking at our recent purchases: school uniform, the lawn mower, kids casual clothes (EMP \m/ ), chocolates for Mrs J, and occasional fabulousness for Muggins here: none was collected from the high street. I would stress the occasional on my clothing and shoe purchases, due to working from home a lot and six months of no Chams visits. Okay, the […]

Hi, Currently, the BBC is running through music from the 90s. Perhaps as modern production is made more difficult, we look back more frequently. Digging through the stack of programmes of yesteryear..A more jaded person might say that with all that’s going on in the world, looking back is comforting and a natural reaction to retreat. Well, I’d challenge that particular notion given the musical equivalent of drying paint from the identikit packaged pop of SAW. No wonder indie and rave bloomed during this time 😛 Possibly the long shadow of punk’s Have A Go and the steady rise of accessible computing helped too. Perhaps also an element of being cooped up under a decade of slowly tightening right wing […]