Authoritarianism
Hong Kong – The whiff of tear gas
There has been something of a lull in Hong Kong recently: Christmas, Calendar New Year and the Lunar New year to come at the end of the week have contributed to a pause in the [more…]
Month: January 2020
Fiction
The Book of Ruin – Book One, Ch. One
BOOK ONE, A RUINOUS FEUD . It is in an old, roofless, dilapidated building, without windows or doors, more a few piles of rubble than a building, set in a devastated, once-urban wilderness, two hundred [more…]
Human Interest
What does it take to be a man?
Apart from the song by the US band Boston, who sadly managed to enthusiastically embrace the “Touchy feely” spectrum ruining an otherwise excellent song, this is a genuine question. In this age of mass gender [more…]
Fiction
Némésis – Book 3 Part 3
Halward’s Road Trip 16th February 2018 The lead vehicle saw the following command Supacat grind to a halt and doubled back. The crew had dismounted and Ellis and Carson were under the vehicle. James Ellis [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille, Part 48
For a recap of the story so far, please click here. We’re plodding around Lille on a cold Sunday afternoon at the end of November 2018. There are six of us in a wedge. Five [more…]
Human Interest
Doing the “Death Clean”
The “Death Clean” was coined by a Swedish woman who, sensibly, decided that, as death is a reality for us all, began it with her own house. I’m doing it with mine. The only certainties [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 102
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP 4th anniversary mug!. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 101 – Rick. Answers with [more…]
Arts
Cruising at Christmas (and the New Year) – Part 2
Thursday – St Vincent and the Grenadines (Boxing Day) I woke just as we were docking, no mad rush to get moving as I was on an afternoon trip. However I was peckish so I [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 23rd January 2020 Panel: Theresa Villiers (Conservative) Emily Thornberry (Labour) Trevor Phillips (Broadcaster) Mike Barton (Former Chief Constable) Sarah Baxter (Sunday Times) Venue: Stoke Newington Dear reader, had this week’s Question Time been [more…]