These posts relate to the zeitgeist radio show Fashion by Dad
William Dalrymple in The Anarchy describes the English envoy’s ungracious acknowledgement that the Indian Mughals were less than impressed by the fledgling nation’s glory. The… Read More »Jahangir prefers Sufis to kings
Unusually, The Partisan is someone else’s song made famous by Leonard Cohen. We are used to other people covering his songs – in fact many… Read More »The Partisans
We run from the priest’s house to the cobbler’s house. His windowpanes are broken; his door is smashed in. Inside, everything has been ransacked. Filthy… Read More »Grandmother’s Apples
We breathe the air. It’s kinda important. Three items from the Radio Cut The Bee Gees – Have you seen my wife Mr Jones about… Read More »02 Air – Part 2
It had to happen. Dad puts air on-air. Here’s the radio cut. As well as sound pieces about air, wind, storms and the like I… Read More »02 Air – Radio cut pt 1
The venerable ancient ticks off another element. This week it’s water. The blazer of glory is the hi-vis vest. It’s Time 4A StoryTime Story is… Read More »MetaDad does Water
Geoff Ebbs uses Twiggy Forrest and Barnaby Joyce, in their respective cow paddocks, to tell the truth on greenhouse gas emission. “Always an instant conversation… Read More »Men with cows
So, 502 years ago in Technotitlan (now known as Mexico City) Cortes met Montezuma in a major episode of the European conquest of the globe… Read More »Cortes & Montezuma
The week’s blazer of glory is hand me down clothes. The other extreme to Henry’s bejewelled manhood. Some of you have great experiences of cool… Read More »Hand-me-down, Boomer