Some of you are already aware but my son recently passed his viva to become a Doctor, not a medical Doctor but a real Doctor. I was at an exhibition opening yesterday when I was talking to the artist Robert Luzar and his charming wife, who’se name, I have to say, has escaped me…should you read this may I say I’m very sorry for my failing memory… about all things PhD – he’s just about to suffer the endure the viva ordeal in the near future – when I was asked “…what was your son’s research about?…”.

“Festivology” was my reply. I then explained that this was a made up word by one of my son’s friends but I think it is a wonderful word so I have decided to coin it. I have checked Google and well there is a website called Festivology – but nothing on it relating to the study of festivals at a high academic level. There are also a load of stats saying that there are no stats for this site. But I am going to claim the coining of the word in the sense that my son has spent studying making festivals more energy efficient. So when the OED coming looking for the true coining of the word Festivology they will have come here to my little blog.

A bit pretentious I know but that is what we proud fathers are.

Simon Marchini
Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk