Fiction
The Unseen Path – Part Sixty Eight
Sally’s letter had asked her to attend a meeting the following day at the Civic Offices in St Joseph’s. She was to be accompanied by Iltud in preparation for the start of business with the [more…]
Month: August 2018
History
Everyone should have a Hero
“Show me a Hero & I will write you a Tragedy, wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald. Since Harry had joined up in 1914 with the South Wales Borderers, he had seen almost continual action through to [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 28
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm today subject ‘Crossword’. Last week’s winner. First out of the official GP hat was Mr GH. Mr [more…]
Arts
Some Thoughts on Tax
My role as leader of Britain’s newest political party takes me all over the country, usually the pace is too frenetic for me to take much of an interest in the logistical dynamics, but recently [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Part Thirty Seven – The Unravelling of Edge
It had been Morrison’s idea to set up the “Inkspots Self-preservation Society” to give it its full title. The name came from an old record they found in the Sergeants’ Mess storeroom and the Hermann [more…]
History
Who was Will Brereton?
Chances are, if you asked this question (always providing the person had heard of him at all) the answer would be something about a dashing young courtier who was beheaded for having an affair with [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Taiwan
The Alishan Forest Railway runs from the coastal plain into the heart of Taiwan’s empty highlands. It was built in 1912 by the Japanese for the purpose of transporting timber from the mountains for the [more…]
Authoritarianism
Moral Panic? Don’t Panic Pike!
Hold fast to what is good and right! There is somewhat of a moral panic. I suggest that we all just treat our neighbours well and be kind if you feel obliged to share a [more…]
Fiction
The Unseen Path – Part Sixty Seven
Andy Bowson headed over to St Thomas’. He wasn’t needed for a while and could be spared while the chiefs tried to talk some sense into higher authority. So why so low now after the [more…]