April 2018 – Page 3 – Going Postal

Tilda and the Witches 2.6

8th April 2018 Tachybaptus 0

ACT 2 SCENE 6 FELIX’s Encampment in the Hills above Delirium. Enter FELIX, VISCUS and Soldiers.

The Unseen Path – Part Thirty

7th April 2018 1642again 0

Andy Bowson’s heart wasn’t in it this evening so he decided to tidy up his desk and make ready to go to the place he now dreaded, his home, or was it now just the [more…]

Shunting Cobbles

5th April 2018 Sweaty Dave 0

With spring just around the corner, allegedly, this winter project should be coming to a close, but so far there is little sign of that. The return of the eldest son from Uni meant decamping [more…]

The Unseen Path – Part Twenty Nine

4th April 2018 1642again 0

Chief Superintendent Dager had just finished briefing Bowson and two of his other subordinates on the outcome of the Home Secretary’s steering group when someone appeared at his cubicle door; Bowson saw his face fall [more…]

Family, Community, Identity

4th April 2018 Æthelberht 0

My Mum was born on 7th May 1945. My Nan (quite the socialite) used to complain that on the day of the biggest party ever she was stuck in a hospital with a new born [more…]

Postcard from the Isle of Man

3rd April 2018 Going Postal 0

As some of you may have noticed, I am a long-time resident of the evil tax dodging empire otherwise known as the Isle of Man. Apart from the beer guzzling, rubber burning hedonistic frenzy of [more…]

In Praise of The Uptick

3rd April 2018 Going Postal 0

According to the dictionaries, the word “uptick” means “a small increase or slight upward trend.” And it is an americanism. I could not find a definition in an online context, i.e. “uptick a comment”. That [more…]

The Baby Boeing

2nd April 2018 Æthelberht 0

I think most of us here don’t get terribly excited at the thought of the Boeing 737. It’s quite mundane, unremarkable, pedestrian even. I suspect more than a few of us here have been herded [more…]