Hobbies
Crossword No. 79
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug of your choice, or GP beer mats. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm tomorrow subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last weeks’ winners. [more…]
Month: August 2019
20th Century
Soundies – The First Music Videos
I subscribe to a 1940s Society publication and in one of the issues a year or two ago was where I first saw mentioned something called ‘Soundies’ that came along in the early part of [more…]
20th Century
The Malayan Campaign 1941 – 1942. Part Two
Realisation of the Japanese Threat and the Landings On the declaration of war with Germany in September 1939, the Defence Committee, which co-ordinated Malaya’s defence became the War Committee. The group consisted of the Governor [more…]
Arts
Standards, Flags and Colours
In an attempt to win the driest, dullest posted article I present this. The document’s first couple of lines regarding a diversity and inclusion impact assessment may take readers aback. We all know that Royal [more…]
Arts
The Going Postal Camper Van
One of my heroes, Judas Was Paid, suggested I make a camper van. So, obedient old girl that I am, I made a camper van. But because, like most on here, I am nasty, twisted [more…]
20th Century
The Reimagined Past & Disneyfication of PIRA Terrorism
Bloody Friday was one of the worst atrocities of the Northern Ireland troubles but you will seldom hear it mentioned. It was the deliberate targeting of civilians by the Provisional IRA (PIRA), with approximately twenty [more…]
Fascism
Letter From Tommy August 2019
Transcribed from Danny Tommo’s twitter feed, 2nd August. Well, here we are, it’s 5:30 PM, I wanted to wait until I had some updates before I put pen to paper. I’m receiving your emails [more…]
Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Twenty-Five
Joe Malone has been using his smart watch with a recent patch update to indicate top contacts in vicinity. I made an attempt at a five pointed star on the watch face, and immediately a [more…]
Politics
Confronting The Climate Emergency – Part 4
Some Interesting facts: Carbon Dioxide is a trace gas and currently accounts for approximately 405ppm (parts per million) or approx. 0.04% of the earth’s atmosphere. 200 years ago in 1820, it is estimated (ice core [more…]