Arts
Return to Puffin Island
As there has already been a postcard from Lundy by Bassman, I am writing this as a complimentary continuation. A few years ago I spent a few days on the island with friends so had [more…]
Blog
History
The mummies of Cladh Hallan
If I said to you the word ‘mummies’, archaeologically speaking what comes to mind? (As an aside, that reminds me of one of my favourite British Library catalogue subheadings describing a book – ‘Mummies. For [more…]
Fiction
The Man Who Played Ross – Part 19
Basra October 2005 At 07:30 local Jarvis was dreaming he was lying next to Bluma in a requisitioned hotel. He could tell it was Africa because of the hot, cloying air. There was a terrible [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Ninety Three
Monday Good morning merry readers. It’s not very busy in the Downing Street today, I understand it’s another bank holiday. That must be why it’s cold and rain is forecast, it’s traditional for a bank [more…]
Christianity
How to Save a Civilisation – the 10th Century Crisis
It’s very easy to be depressed and lose a sense of hope these days. Trump, lockdowns, climate scams, immigration and public finances out of control, race baiters trying to erase our history… The question arises: [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Fifty Five
Myself and my colleague Natasha Williams are at our department’s private election night party at a packed and noisy Dolphin Square bistro. In the early hours of the tenth of June nineteen eighty-three, a colour [more…]
America
Biden’s euphoric destruction of America continues unabated
“Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.” Lord Byron. Sniffer Joe Biden, crime boss and traitor, has been in [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 170
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 169 and a GP mug In Like [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1991
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1991 Featured Album: Greatest_Hits_II_(Queen_album) This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album [more…]