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Month: October 2022

Fiction

Wildfowling: Terror on the Marsh

31st October 2022 Columba Palumbus 2

Mike had heard all the tales. Hell, he’d even made up some of his own over the years to try and scare the out of towners and holiday makers as he and his pals drank [more…]

Conservatives

Growth must be backed by knowledge – not just words

31st October 2022 Emile Woolf 0

In raking over the embers of Truss/Kwarteng aspirational economics a few observations are still pertinent. The fiscal “event” they staged was, its critics opined, “stillborn”, dead at birth – with no hope of getting it [more…]

Fiction

Samyaza Chapter 29 – August 2007 – Wiltshire, RAF Brize Norton and Martigues France

30th October 2022 Blown Periphery 0

He visited her religiously every weekend. By now she was able to speak clearly, although her voice was a little hoarse. He brought her books about the Crusades and one about the SOE. He taught [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Sixty-Five

30th October 2022 Going Postal 1

Monday Good morning folks, very wet first thing, I nipped out between downpours and only got a little damp. It’s supposed to be drying up and getting sunny later. I had a lovely peaceful Sunday [more…]

Arts

Pumpkin time

30th October 2022 SharpieType301 1

By now, you will doubtless have figured out that I have a very keen interest in glass, so while we were visiting the lovely Northeast of England for a few days recently, we took the [more…]

20th Century

Postcard From West Germany

29th October 2022 Always Worth Saying 1

Donaueschingen Strict privacy laws and the German people’s well-practiced challenges to any risk posed to that privacy means that Street View isn’t available in the Federal Republic. Identifying the locations of old photographs, in this [more…]

Hobbies

Crossword No. 240

29th October 2022 Going Postal 1

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a book of your choice (subject to T&Cs) & a mug! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of [more…]

20th Century

My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Six – Led Zeppelin

28th October 2022 Philthetestmanager 1

After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop.  These are those groups or artists [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Four, Chapter Fifteen

28th October 2022 Going Postal 0

Jinnie’s meeting with “C”, and Anne the HR director, had gone exactly as Jinnie had hoped it would. All being well she wanted to work until two weeks before the birth, explaining that as she [more…]

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