Business
How To Deliver a Parcel, Part 1
It was the summer of 2013 and having been laid off from my office job some months before, I was trying to get back on the hamster wheel and earn my way. I returned from [more…]
Month: June 2025
Health
Why are we living longer
The statistics don’t lie. For some reason we are living much longer than previous generations, but why. Surely it cannot be down to rNHS, they seem to want us all dead as does this rubbish [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Two
Well, jubilation did not last long! Zia returns to the fold and now we have a Chairman who asserts migrants built the Country! God knows what is going on with Farage and Co. I was [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Five
Monday Good morning, my happy readers. I hope you had a lovely weekend. I did; it was another couple of nice sunny days and quiet in No. 10. However, it wasn’t quiet down on the [more…]
Economics
The Case For SMR Hesitancy
As Energy Secretary Ed Milliband’s Net Zero cultural revolution gathers pace, this week he announced a nuclear renaissance. A new £14bn reactor is planned for Sizewell. Small modular reactors (SMRs) are being championed through a [more…]
Fiction
The Past is Present, Chapter Ten
Collecting a coffee on the way, he knocked on Jane Goodley’s office door. He waited to be called in. She was pouring him a coffee as he entered. Seeing him she asked if he still [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Friday: Ivory Cutlery’s Day Off – Paraskevidekatriaphobia
Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends. Greetings pop pickers and please be welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday and another of our fortnightly mastications upon the marshmallowy pillows of musical magnificence. [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 12th June 2025 The Panel: Darren Jones (Labour) Simon Clarke (Conservative) Zia Yusuf (Reform UK) Sarah Olney (LibDem) Venue: Fleetwood A Question Time guest as recently as March, Labour MP Darren Jones’ wife [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Fifteen
The twins and Larry were in the window waiting for the Lexus to enter the drive. A few minutes before it did so, Larry got up and walked into the hall and sat in one [more…]