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Month: August 2019

Arts

Postcard from Lille, Part 25

10th August 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

Where should an escaped prisoner escape to? You can’t go to the obvious place as, if it’s obvious, that’s where they’ll be looking for you.  Some other places spring to mind, Paraguay, Switzerland? On receiving a letter [more…]

Hobbies

Crossword No. 78

10th August 2019 Going Postal 0

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…]

Arts

Guilty by Citation

8th August 2019 Joe Slater 0

“All the routines of daily life are affected. You choose between being spat on in public places or staying at home. You are completely exposed. It suddenly becomes quiet all around you. Friends you have [more…]

20th Century

Postcard from Hiroshima

7th August 2019 Going Postal 0

This is a note about my visit to the Peace Memorial Museum at Hiroshima.  Some of what follows is gruesome. I’ve long been interested in military history, and I’ve been fortunate to visit the site [more…]

Politics

Confronting The Climate Emergency, Part 3

7th August 2019 James Dalton 0

The third meeting of the Holme Valley Parish Council Climate Emergency Steering Group [HVPCCESG] took place on 18/6/19. Interesting facts: On researching the relative merits of solar power and nuclear power with respect to waste [more…]

Fiction

Joe Malone, Part Twenty-Four

6th August 2019 Going Postal 0

Private Investigator Joe Malone has a document that could shed some light onto the mysterious disappearance of Arch-remainer, Lord Marmon-Herrington Bixby. He is using a device to try and discern any clues to the letter’s [more…]

Conservatives

Globalism v. Nationalism Part 6

6th August 2019 Jonathon Davies 0

Hello again, friends. Last time out we looked at the state of the parties and the Tory leadership race. Since then Boris Johnson, as was widely expected, has become Prime Minister. Trump has gone into [more…]

Fiction

Némésis Part 5

4th August 2019 Blown Periphery 0

Northern Iraq and the Syrian Governorate of Al Hasakha, December 2017 Ripley lay in the tarpaulin hammock, underneath an overhead poncho they had used to keep the sun out of her eyes. They were sensitive [more…]

Animals

The Devil’s Bird

4th August 2019 rattuscatchus 0

Some of you may have not read any comments by myself regarding swifts during the Summer months, usually noting their arrival, their numbers and when they leave. I’m not quite sure why but for me, [more…]

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