Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter One
All the way to work Jinnie was puzzling over what the prime minister had in mind for her this time. When she kissed Paolo goodbye he said, “Stop worrying it will be OK.” Entering the [more…]
Month: January 2022
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 13th September 2001 The Panel: Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrat) Tam Dalyell (Labour) Philip Lader (US Ambassador to London) Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (Journalist) Venue: London In the first part of this Christmas break Question Time [more…]
19th Century
Crimean War, Part Four
In 1954, as the centenary of the end of the Crimean War approached, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of articles for the Manchester Evening News which vividly described that campaign. In this article, [more…]
Judaism
J.K. Rowling And The Anti-Semitic Goblins Of Gringotts Bank
I did not come to the Harry Potter books early and, in truth, I did not come to them easily. One of the gifts that old age bestows is the ability to make up your [more…]
Arts
I have a confession to make
I’m suffering from GAS I’ve had it for a while, but over the last couple of years it has got worse. Every week it seems to get worse. It seems that I only have to [more…]
History
Postcard From Kyrgyzstan
There’s something I’ve been meaning to tell Swiss Bob but haven’t got round to. Perhaps you could oblige? Next time you bump into him, drop into the conversation that, after two years sitting around on [more…]
Health
I’ve seen the Vaxx and the Damage Done
This article is about heart problems and a correlation I have personally made with The Jab. I didn’t think I would come to this conclusion but I am leaning that way. Being a pedant my [more…]
Biography
Sailing my life away, part 31
I had hoped to write more about Piracy in SE Asia in this article and illustrate the region with some of my own photos. But as I wasn’t confined to solitary in my own home [more…]
Authoritarianism
Tears & Teargas
Those of you with longer and good memories may remember my article from January 2019 about protests in Hong Kong and titled ‘The whiff of teargas’. After recovering from the said tear gas, I wrote: [more…]