Fiction
The Unseen Path – Part Forty Six
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…]
Month: May 2018
20th Century
The Spitfire, of course
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…]
Engineering
The Castle
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…]
Arts
This Septic Eye, Ch 12
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
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
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
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
“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…]
America
This Septic Eye, Ch 11
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…]