May, 2017 | Going Postal

Confessions of an inept handyman

14th May 2017 Going Postal 0

Ann had been telling me forever that the hot tap in the bathroom sink needed looking at. It didn’t turn on fully, apparently, so it was pot luck whether the flow was enough to tell [more…]

Postcard from Berlin

26th June 2020 0

In June 2017 Master Reggie and I decided to go on a ‘lads’ tour of Berlin. Master Reggie had just completed his degree course and Mrs Reggie suggested it was time for some Father and [more...]
ST9400C Boiler Timer Fault

14th November 2019 0

After moving home in June this year, the new place needed a fair bit of attention outside, re-pointing brickwork, replacing wood decking and rebuilding a badly blown wall sitting on a rusted steel lintel were [more...]
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

18th September 2020 0

Question Time 17th September 2020 Panel: Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) Jonathan Ashworth (Labour) Sunetra Gupta (Epidemiologist) John Caudwell (Businessman) Nicci Gerrard (Author) Venue: Oldham Fiona Bruce beamed excitedly as she introduced the first Question Time of [more...]
Going Postal with Question Time

3rd October 2019 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Wallasey. On the panel are: Nadhim Zahawi MP, business minister, Conservative; Sarah Jones MP, shadow housing minister and chair of [more...]
How I learned to despise the left and fear the bomb

12th April 2018 0

It was during an English lesson during the late 1970s – English lessons were never about spelling, grammar, creative writing, etymology, poetry or literature, always, always politics – when a short term supply teacher told [more...]