Fiction
A Price Too High, Chapter Ten
Dave sat at his laptop, on a spreadsheet he was listing all the money he had spent. Some was his own, the rest was from the £150k given to him. It didn’t take long, downstairs, [more…]
Month: February 2025
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – 1972
Featured song: Dr Hook and the Medicine Show – Sylvia’s Mother This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 13th February 2025 The Panel: Jacqui Smith (Labour) Danny Kruger (Conservative) Lisa Smart (LibDem) George Monbiot (Activist) Matthew Goodwin (Writer) Venue: Northwich On Question Time only a few weeks ago – as the [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Book Seven – Chapter Thirty-Three
From the chairman’s seat, Jinnie called the SuperBurger board meeting to order. Looking at the faces around the table, she knew she had to start with an explanation. “I have some extremely sad news to [more…]
Business
Swissgrams: the natural progression of the Krugerrand in the digital age
Having worked in the precious metals industry for decades, I have had countless opportunities to have very honest and very enlightening conversations with numerous investors and partners alike. For many years, I’ve been discussing the [more…]
20th Century
Elizabeth Bentley, Part Four
Elizabeth Bentley was another American born Soviet agent who turned against the Soviets. Whittaker Chambers became disillusioned with the Communists. Elizabeth was the woman scorned. She was the lover of Jacob Golos who ran quite [more…]
Holiday
Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part Four
Wednesday 1st January 2025 – At Sea As usual, I was awake just after six, as seems to be the habit this cruise. I lay in bed for a bit and messaged “Happy New Year” [more…]
Hobbies
Northumberland, Part One
It takes a week to cycle from Penzance to Berwick. It took me 40 years. Because on the way, I wanted to include every town in England, in what amounted to some two years of [more…]
Politics