The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton is a masterful blend of dystopian sci-fi and classic murder mystery. Set on an idyllic Greek island, the last refuge in a world [more…]
“Your nose will grow…” I’m sure that we can all recall some of these admonitions from our youth: “Keep looking like that and your face will stick!” – Why? To what? Surely that isn’t in [more…]
It will be a decent crowd with a mix of old hands and newbies. Be gentle with them. We normally do a whip round for Saturday morning booze and food shopping. £10-£15 if you’re not [more…]
A busy long weekend just completed with a trip to the railway station. Mrs C’s birthday was graced by the presence of our friends from Essex who haven’t graced us with their presence (it’s a [more…]
The world is being driven to war, possibly nuclear war, by current leaders who want their citizens to believe that that there are no other options. This is patently NOT TRUE. Let us explore first [more…]
There were three tasks involved in modernising and preserving the family archive, the second of which was to digitise the audio recordings. Digitising the old photographs was covered in a previous article, while digitising the [more…]
Napoleon was very dismissive of Arthur Wellesley referring to him as the sepoy General from his time spent in India. In contrast Wellesley said that Napoleon’s presence on the battlefield was worth 40,000 men. In [more…]
This is a recollection, in verse, of one of the most momentous periods in my life. But first – a tribute from me to all the lovely GP Laydees: And have you now, and will [more…]
Monday Good morning my happy readers, it is dry and a bit warmer this morning. The Donald isn’t messing about with the illegals in California. He hasn’t hesitated to send in the National Guard to [more…]
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