Hobbies
Crossword No. 145
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 of a GP mug. 144 – bogblaster. [more…]
Month: November 2020
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – Albums 1966
Featured Album: The Mama’s & The Papa’s If you can believe your eyes and ears This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I [more…]
Arts
Stir Up Sunday
The last Sunday before advent begins (22.11) is traditionally known as ‘stir up Sunday’. This is when families would come together to make the mixture for their Christmas Pudding, all taking it in turns to [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 19th November 2020 Panel: James Cleverly (Conservative) Emily Thornberry (Labour) Ian Blackford (SNP) Rose Hudson-Wilkin (Bishop of Dover) Fraser Nelson (Editor and columnist) Venue: Windsor An all blue Fiona Bruce took the first [more…]
Arts
Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents another hour of BBC programming. Same old shysters, same lies. On the panel are: James Cleverly, Emily Thornberry, Ian Blackford, Rose Hudson-Wilkin and Fraser Nelson. Set [more…]
Hobbies
Collecting Spaceflight Coins
Several attempts at an article have been made by me during the past year or two, but they have never made it past the “put flesh on the bones” stage. Having assessed a few more [more…]
Health
What’s all the fuss about the COVID-19 Vaccine?
I have recently been observing, with much interest, the debate around both the necessity for, and safety of, the Covid-19 vaccine. I should state, at this point that I am certainly not anti-vax. I received [more…]
Literature
Lords and Ladies, Part One
IT had been a particularly joyless summer day at Pyewacket Hall. A feverish, boiling heat had beaten down relentlessly upon its ancient, moss-flecked granite walls. Pristine lawns had been turned to yellow scrub and vivid [more…]
Animals
Wildfowling: The end of an era
Having made my debut on this marvellous site with an article about my passion, I thought I would follow that article up with a slightly more personal account of a memorable day in my life [more…]