Arts
Drawing With Pastels
In part two of this series I’d like to introduce the joys and messiness of drawing with soft pastels. The pastels I use are chalk based, although some are oil-based and therefore more like crayons. [more…]
Month: September 2018
Authoritarianism
Conservative Party Conference
14.00 – 14.45 Symphony Hall WELCOME TO CONFERENCE Chairman of the Conservative Party Mayor of the West Midlands 14.45 – 16.30 Symphony Hall GLOBAL BRITAIN Secretary of State for International Trade Secretary of State for [more…]
Arts
The Phantom of the Forest Part Two
Some History and description I have been doing Falconry for the last 16 years and have had various Birds of Prey, mostly English Goshawks and the south American Harris Hawk, The Harris Hawk will be [more…]
America
President Donald Trump Rally – Wheeling, West Virginia
12:00 am Sunday morning
Fiction
The Unseen Path – Part Eighty
He looked at his watch again, three twenty-eight; he nodded to the driver to make the final run in from their side street. The teams in Manchester attacking the same organisation’s base in Salford Quays, [more…]
America
Lower than a Slug’s Belly – Kavanaugh’s Crucible
Essay – USA Current Events You can’t get much lower than a slug’s belly. The Senate Committee which has been considering the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court over the [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 34
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug – the only way you can now acquire one! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm today subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last [more…]
Arts
Blur – Country House
DJ MJ Redux
20th Century
Meet the Anglo-Argentines
There are today about 100,000 people living in Argentina claiming English ancestry. In a nation of 42 million, their figure pales to insignificance. Even if one – wrongly – assumed all Anglo-Argentines were concentrated in [more…]