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Month: February 2018

Politics

Question Time with Going Postal

15th February 2018 Going Postal 0

Graphic EJ David Dimbleby presents topical debate from from Yeovil. On the panel are the Conservatve’s Theresa Villiers MP, former secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Labour’s David Lammy MP, author of the Lammy Review [more…]

Fiction

The Unseen Path – Part Fifteen

14th February 2018 1642again 0

Sally Bowson couldn’t settle that afternoon.  Over a late lunch she had pressed both Martha and her husband about the priest-monk’s fables.  They had smiled patiently, confirming them, insisting that those in Holy Orders would [more…]

Engineering

Shunting towards Spring

11th February 2018 Sweaty Dave 0

Following the terrible van attack witnessed in last month’s instalment, I am pleased to inform you that the cyclists have survived and are in good health. A kink in the road at the top of [more…]

Fiction

Tilda and the Witches 1.4

11th February 2018 Tachybaptus 0

ACT 1 SCENE 4   A small Rowing Boat on the high Seas.   In it are TILDA, VULPECULA, ETTY, JESSICA, and MAISIE with little VUSILLUS. TILDA and ETTY are at the Oars.  

Fiction

The Unseen Path – Part Fourteen

10th February 2018 1642again 0

‘Henry’ switched off the news feed on his laptop.  That press release put out by the PM’s office!  Whatever had possessed them?  He must try to find out.  It was crudely transparent, wildly unnecessary, surely?  [more…]

Fiction

The Unseen Path – Part Thirteen

7th February 2018 1642again 0

Brother Peran, as he introduced himself, was unlike any pre-conception of a monk she had ever held.  He had sat her down on a leather chair in his vestry while he boiled a kettle on [more…]

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Arts

Modern Day Witch Hunts

6th February 2018 Jonathon Davies 0

A Brief History Lesson During the middle ages, as well as the Tudor and Stuart dynasties, there was a general conception that witchcraft was real. People genuinely thought  that witches were up to no good, [more…]

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Literature

Bithdae Parties in the Stashun

6th February 2018 DH 0

Aw us polis lads usually jist have oor bithdae parties in the stashun cos we cannae dae f**k aw these days in public withoot some wee c**t filmin’ it aw on some f**kin phone an’ [more…]

Fiction

Tilda and the Witches 1.3

4th February 2018 Tachybaptus 0

  ACT 1 SCENE 3 A Cabin on a Ship bound for the Island of Tapioca.   Enter TILDA, VULPECULA, ETTY, JESSICA and MAISIE with little VUSILLUS.   ETTY: ’Tis sad to see Uraemia fall [more…]

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