Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Eighty Nine
Monday Another week and another Monday morning but this is a holiday and there are not many in the office today. Bozzie has one of his good suits on so I guess he’s doing another [more…]
Month: April 2021
Arts
The Swaling, Part Fifty One
Myself and Davies are two dots in the landscape running along county roads from Sleescale to a neighbouring town. Occasionally, we take short cuts across farmer’s fields. The weather is cold. So cold that the [more…]
America
WARNING:- Straight talk here!
On January 6th, 2021 at the Capitol Building in DC, many patriots were there trying to get the election fraud overturned and show support for the man who in reality had won the 2020 election, [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 166
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 Winner of Crossword 165 and a GP mug Rick (Do [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1987
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1987 Featured Album: Deacon Blue – Raintown This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Thirteen
The news that the couple in the bombed car were Professor Wolff and his wife hit the university hard. There was a memorial service attended by many of the students. As a member of the [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 15th April 2021 Panel: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative) Rosie Duffield (Labour) Xand van Tulleken (TV Presenter) Geoff Norcott (Comedian) Ayesha Hazarika (Labour Commentator) Venue: London This week, all of the panellists and Ms Bruce [more…]
18th Century
A Walk in the Past
Ey-up miduks, as they say here in my adopted city. This ramble all started with a day off. A Friday, to be precise. It was no particular Friday, and there was no particular reason for [more…]
History
Mancs, Marx and Mill Towns
More notes from 45 years of cycling If you are following this series, you will know that my kind of curiosity is one that is still making money, or at least providing a public service [more…]