19th Century
Mystery Album, Part Two
A mystery photo album has fallen into my hands. One that has raised many questions and set a difficult puzzle. No doubt Puffins can help me solve the enigma. But for the moment, let’s allow [more…]
Month: September 2021
America
You want positive? Try this!
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst. William Penn You know America, it is so easy to be depressed, angry, sad, frustrated, sick to your stomachs and just plain aggravated when [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 189
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a choice of GP authored book. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 188 and a GP [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Eleven – The Beach Boys
If I get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Two Chapter, Fourteen
Jinnie had remembered her promise to the staff of the Trattoria Trevi and had booked a table for the family for Christmas Eve. When they arrived for their 8 o’clock booking, Jinnie was delighted to [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 23rd September 2021 The Panel: Grant Shapps (Conservative) David Lammy (Labour) Kate Andrews (Journalist) Richard Walker (Businessman) Munira Wilson (LibDem) Venue: Cambridge QT has rather a limited gene pool as its guests. One [more…]
History
The Road Back to Normandy
In May 1954 my uncle John Alldridge returned to Normandy. This is his report for the Manchester Evening News. The lines at the end are by A E Housman They are building a new motor [more…]
Book Review
Book Review: The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
This is the second novel by Stuart Turton, his first being the excellent The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, which I reviewed a few months ago. Turton has created another ‘whodunit’ story, this time on [more…]
20th Century
How I Became A Sex Worker
In the late Seventies I spent a couple of years in Amsterdam. Whilst I was there, for a time I was employed as a Sex Worker. Right. That got your attention, didn’t it? Oh, don’t [more…]