Arts
The Swaling, Part Twenty Two
By the time I’d returned to my room, paddling up the dripping steps, Emile had curled up on her end of my bed and had fallen asleep. Wept herself to sleep even, after overhearing me [more…]
Month: September 2020
Hobbies
Crossword No. 137
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 winner. 136 – Glazinova. Answers with next week’s [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1998
Featured song: All Saints – Never Ever (UK Version)
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 24th September 2020 Panel: Alok Sharma (Conservative) Louise Haigh (Labour) Sir Edward Davy (Liberal Democrat) Peter Borg-Neal (Businessman) Devi Sridhar (Public Health Official) Shappi Khorsandi (Comedian) Venue: Chingford The present MP for Chingford [more…]
Arts
Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents another hour of programming. On the panel are: Alok Sharma MP, secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Conservative; Louise Haigh MP, shadow Northern [more…]
Arts
William George Bunter of Greyfriars School
Introduction I recently emerged from a stunning and brave expedition into the furthermost recesses of our capacious loft space clutching a dusty cardboard box bearing the single word ‘Books’ that had lain forgotten there for [more…]
Arts
In praise of journalists, or perhaps not
I am not a journalist, the closest I have ever been to them is while I was working at News International’s fortress in Wapping during the move from Fleet Street to Docklands in 1985/6. I [more…]
Arts
Art in Cocklecarrot Towers, Part Two
“Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.” John Ruskin Following the unexpected and unlooked for international acclaim that spontaneously greeted the publication of the triumph [more…]
Authoritarianism
Have you had a Good Pandemic?
Have you had a Good Pandemic? Well, dear Puffins, after six months of unemployment and six months before that having not much to do at work, I am soon going to start a new job [more…]