Fiction
The Unseen Path – Part Thirty Five
“Hi Lena, how are you?” She had been a couple of minutes late and, due to constant demands from her work tablet for her attention, hadn’t been able to prepare herself for what could be [more…]
Month: April 2018
Engineering
German code breaking during WW2, Part Eight
The Forschungsamt (or Goering’s Research Bureau) was the reason I was hunting around for information , its name popped up now and then but there was very little information about it. This was Goering’s pet [more…]
Arts
PMQs with Going Postal
Link to PMQs on Parliament TV. GP TV is back GP TV. Daily Politics Andrew Neil reviews Prime Minister’s Questions. Guess The Year – You can watch the video clip now, and read the Rules/T&Cs here. [more…]
Politics
The Perfidy of Western “Intelligence” Agencies: The A.Q. Khan Case
Preface This article was first published in print nearly ten years ago now, (and under a different name) towards the end of 2008. At the time, Iraq and Afghanistan had clearly become quagmires and there [more…]
Biography
Deborah, Part Two
As he approaches Deborah’s apartment, the third this morning, Oliver detects a faint whiff of something unpleasant. Unpleasant but familiar. He hopes he’s mistaken but after another couple of steps he knows he’s not. Vomit, [more…]
Arts
This Septic Eye, Ch 7
I love to eavesdrop, I’ve mentioned this in previous posts and it’s not a creepy thing, it’s just that when people are ‘off duty’, when they are talking to friends without the filter of society’s [more…]
Engineering
Shunting into colour
A shorter update this time, primarily due to other activites taking precedence – not weather related over the past weeks, but the Easter holidays threw routines out of the window. The eldest came home and [more…]
Arts
Postcard From Penarth to Sully
Penarth is literally just around the corner from Cardiff. Home to a famous pier and much else besides. The town itself has a pleasant promenade to walk along, and numerous eateries along the sea front. [more…]
Mathematics
The Barnsley Fern
Michael Barnsley is an English mathematician born in 1946. The code developed by Barnsley is an example of an iterated function system. The code is composed of four affine transformations. of the code is the [more…]
Uncategorized
Operation Sealion Part 5
Battle in and over the Channel – Set the sea on fire and drench them with gas The Petroleum Warfare Department (PWD) was an organisation established in Britain in 1940 in response to the invasion [more…]
Fiction
Tilda and the Witches 3.2
ACT 3 SCENE 2 A wooded Hill above Tritium, overlooking the Valley of the River Drongo. Enter TILDA, VULPECULA and JESSICA.
Christianity
Jeremiah, A Prophet for Our Times
Over the past few years I have been spending more timing thinking and reading about the prophets of ancient Israel such as Ezekiel, Elijah, Jonah, Isaiah, Daniel and Jeremiah among others. Joining the GP brotherhood [more…]
Fiction
The Unseen Path – Part Thirty Four
She picks up straightaway; she guesses who it is, although it’s very rare for him to call her at work. Thanks for calling back; he was going to call her anyway. How is she, has [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 12
Answers with next week’s crossword. Solution to Crossword No. 11 Across 7 Indyreftwo 8 Euro 10 Rubicon 11 Hijab 12 Neeps 13 Acrimony 15 Theresa 17 New year 20 Ad libber 22 Epsom 24 [more…]
Arts
Deep Dish – Sacramento
DJ MJ redux
Literature
War Crimes Part Twenty – The Detective
This is fiction. Any resemblance to any persons living or dead is coincidental. The events outlined have never to my knowledge occurred. Some of the locations are real. Detective Inspector Hope couldn’t park at Banbury [more…]
Arts
Question Time with Going Postal
Graphic EJ David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Chesterfield. Set your Disqus comments to ‘newest’. Do not post videos.
America
Spheres of Influence
The great irony of 2018 is the world is a more dangerous place than it was before the collapse of the Soviet Union. How can this be so? The amazing paradox is when the West [more…]