July, 2017 | Going Postal

Postcard from Way-Els

23rd July 2017 Going Postal 0

Way-Els – The English words “Wales” and “Welsh” derive from the same Germanic root (singular Walh, plural Walha), which was itself derived from the name of the Celtic tribe known to the Romans as Volcae [more…]

A Bear’s Diary – Part 10

24th February 2019 0

July 15th, 1809. After our success at Carlton House it would be tempting to expect offers from impresarios of the leading London theatres eager to stage our performance. But we have been – bears and [more...]
Postcard from Lille, Part 17

1st June 2019 0

Ferdinand Marcos having been deposed and his People Power successor Corazon Aquino having failed to control the country, an election was due in May 1992. In which, fortunately, no one from the Aquino clan wanted [more...]
Cancel Your Telly Tax Now

12th November 2019 0

My previous articles on this site describing how I have stopped paying the Telly Tax for 10 years have been relatively benign and within a strict legal paradigm, much to the relief of Swiss Bob, [more...]
Tilda and the Witches 4.6

1st July 2018 0

ACT 4 SCENE 6 A Chamber in an Inn in the Port of Hafnium. Enter TILDA, FELIX, ETTY, VULPECULA, JESSICA and VISCUS.
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

8th February 2019 0

Question Time 7th February 2019 Venue: Motherwell Motherwell used to be the steel-making capital of Scotland. Ravenscraig was the main employer of some 13,000 people by the 1970’s but a disastrous strike of steel workers [more...]