A serial 'foody' by Michael Mcmanus
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Watercolour. I was happily sitting in the sun on my front garden seat the other day when this man walked down the street. I was once told that the older you get the further up your trouser waist level goes. This man's trousers, held up by his braces, was an example I thought. Then he stopped and began talking to me. He went on and on and on about the meal he'd eaten the night before. Every detail of each part of it was described with clinical precision and considered criticism. Even the number of peas and volume of the rice pudding was seriously calculated. When he finally finished I opened my mouth to say something and he ignored me and continued on down the street. For goodness sake I thought, get a life.
About the Artist
Michael Mcmanus
I was born in 1946. In the 1960s and part of the 70s I was an airman in the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm. I joined Durham Constabulary in 1971. In 1999 I retired from policing and began teaching sociology and criminology at Durham University with emphasis on policing and researching crime. I am drawn…
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