Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Thirty Five
Monday Morning all and what a lovely sunny morning it is. I managed to get some window sill snoozing in over the weekend, the sun was warm, but in truth it was a bit manic [more…]
Month: April 2020
Arts
Life goes on – Phil the test manager
This is my story of the passing away of my good lady wife. i just wanted to write it down. It has been written pretty much on a day by day basis, it is hard [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille Valete
They say that as soon as you’ve finished writing your story then you’ve reached the point when you have to write it. They are correct. Words, like muscles, need flexed and re-used over and over [more…]
Gardening
Ooh, Aarr, A Guide To Rough Vegetable Gardening, Part 3
Hello Folks, the pace is hotting up and we’re closing in on the really good part of rough vegetable gardening, apart from the harvesting that is; it’s time to get things in the ground that [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 114
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winners. 112 plus ca change, 113 – Mighty [more…]
Arts
A Real Studio Experience.
As a keen guitarologist I simply love playing the electric guitar. But pressures of family life and work mean I cannot really commit to being in a band again; practice 5 times a week then [more…]
20th Century
A Massacre of the Innocents
Introduction On Saturday 10 June, 1944, while heading north towards Normandy to help counter the Allied D-Day invasion, German troops of the Der Führer Regiment of the SS Panzer Division Das Reich, committed an unthinkable [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 16th April 2020 Panel: Robert Buckland (Conservative) Lisa Nandy (Labour) Rachel Clarke (Medical Expert) Lord Bilimoria (Businessman) Venue: Wolverhampton Your humble reviewer has many happy memories of Wolverhampton. Despite having time on his [more…]
Arts
Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate. On the panel are: Robert Buckland MP, justice secretary and lord chancellor, Lisa Nandy MP, shadow foreign secretary, Karan Bilimoria, founder [more…]