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Month: May 2018

Fiction

The Unseen Path – Part Forty Six

30th May 2018 1642again 3253 Comments

Eleven o’clock now, all ready to go into town, park by the restaurant just before twelve, make sure there was beer on their breath, ham it up a bit so it would be just another [more…]

20th Century

The Spitfire, of course

29th May 2018 GrumpyAngler 3804 Comments

Ask anyone from the general public to name a great aeroplane or a great British fighter of WWII, and chances are they will say, without hesitation, “The Spitfire of course.” If you ask why you [more…]

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Engineering

The Castle

29th May 2018 Jonathon Davies 2464 Comments

I love castles and have always found their development and changing functions fascinating. They show social, military and political history. They are a physical representation of the past, and yet many of them are still in [more…]

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Arts

This Septic Eye, Ch 12

29th May 2018 Viciousbutfair 2456 Comments

The Clooneys and the Elton-Johns were not the only people attending a wedding last week, yours truly was also present at some family nuptials just a few short days ago. Our little gathering unhappily lacked [more…]

Fiction

Tilda and the Witches 4.1

27th May 2018 Tachybaptus 2362 Comments

ACT 4 SCENE 1 A Tavern in Hafnium, a Port City in the Country of Hedera, near the Border of Uraemia.   Enter FELIX, TILDA, VULPECULA, VISCUS and JESSICA, with the LANDLORD of the Tavern. [more…]

Fiction

The Unseen Path – Part Forty Five

26th May 2018 1642again 2878 Comments

Her day had dragged like no other she had experienced; she’d had a couple of quick calls from Elaine to say there was no change. How was she keeping? Probably not that much different from [more…]

Arts

Bidding for Tenders

26th May 2018 Leopard 1946 Comments

  Introduction This is intended to be a short series of articles which it is hoped will cast a little light on the curious world of commercial bids and tenders. While the focus is on [more…]

Fiction

The Unseen Path – Part Forty Four

23rd May 2018 1642again 5859 Comments

“I’m sorry Ladies and Gentlemen,” said the Director of MI5, surprising the other attendees of COBRA with the heat of his emotion, “but I don’t think you fully understand the implications of last evening’s incidents.  [more…]

viciousbutfair, Going Postal
America

This Septic Eye, Ch 11

22nd May 2018 Viciousbutfair 6549 Comments

Presidents are funny aren’t they, I mean the stuff they do, just like silly kittens on YouTube, what are they like, and it’s so ripe for comedy, isn’t it? I mean if you can’t have [more…]

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