Collecting
Collecting Lamps
Many thanks to our host and mentor Swiss Bob for prompting me to write an article about solutions to the loss of lighting during power outages. Obviously oil lamps and lanterns won’t run a laptop, [more…]
Month: August 2025
Hobbies
Backgammon
Backgammon, one of the oldest known board games, traces its origins to ancient Mesopotamia, but England significantly shaped its history. By the 17th century, backgammon was popular in English taverns and homes, with the term [more…]
Book Review
East West Street
In 2022 I reviewed a book called “The Ratline” by Philippe Sands (Book Review: The Ratline). A book which taught me so much about Nazi Germany and the general history of WWII in Europe. East [more…]
America
An outside chance of peace
Apologies for this week’s rather brief article. I wanted to write more but it is all speculation so far. We stand at the brink of the end of the war in Ukraine but we shouldn’t [more…]
Literature
Embers of The Affair, Part Five
A la recherche du temps perdu (Proust) Moving On If only I might wander through the coming days and be with you, If I could be there at your side If I could calm the [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Three
Monday Good morning, my good friends, and it’s a lovely morning, warm and sunny. I was intrigued to read that the Tories put in a Freedom of Information request to find out the actual cost [more…]
Diary
BR And The Weather Versus a G-P Correspondent
We’re off to London chaperoning; myself, Mrs AWS, and our VVIP, the granddaughter of a Chinese injection-moulded plastics billionaire. Our trip has been disrupted by Storm Floris. Only two trains this day head from as [more…]
Fiction
Downfall, Chapter Three
After they had eaten Sally sat down with the clean laptop, she spent an hour searching websites for details about moving abroad. She looked at government websites and downloaded applications. “Dave some of these places [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – Why Are You Gay? Pt 2
Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday sashays up to the crease to deliver yet another groin-polished googly from the gasworks-end of musical magnificence. A few weeks ago [more…]