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An Eventful Ride, Part Two

21st June 2019 Colin Cross 0

When spending several weeks in Northern California with Bestie, seeing a lynx down by the pond, having a Crystal Meth junkie gal banging on the truck door and then, finally, getting to where we had [more…]

Flying Hippo’s Question Time Review

21st June 2019 Going Postal 0

Question Time 20th June 2019 Panel: Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative – Leave and Boris backer) Margot James (Conservative – Remain and Hunt Supporter) Tim Martin (Wetherspooner and Leaver) Ed Davey (Limp Dump) Laura Pidcock (Rising star [more…]

Going Postal with Question Time

20th June 2019 Going Postal 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Tottenham. On the panel: Brexit minister Kwasi Kwarteng MP, digital minister Margot James MP, shadow business, energy and industrial strategy [more…]

Big Shed

19th June 2019 Sweaty Dave 0

In my last piece I talked through the attempt to refurb a lawnmower, replacing the rusted body, which is now back to happily chewing all it crosses, without spitting bits out at random. As long [more…]

Joe Malone, Part Eighteen

18th June 2019 Going Postal 0

Private Investigator is at the Reform Club. A guest of Lady Vanessa Bixby, as she meets with her diner guests. Mandelson and Stuart. So finally I stood up. Lifted the tray from the waiter’s hands [more…]

An Eventful Ride

18th June 2019 Going Postal 0

I was spending a few weeks with “Bestie” at her home in Northern California. She has a beautiful house which overlooks her downward sloping meadow, about five acres, at the bottom of which is a [more…]

Confronting The Climate Emergency, Part 1

18th June 2019 James Dalton 0

I write this on the eve of my first meeting of the Holme Valley Parish Council Climate Emergency Steering Group [HVPCCESG], a meeting I shall be attending as the newly elected Councillor for the Netherthong [more…]

The Geek’s Guide To Distilling Commercial Grade Whisky For £8 A Litre Bottle

17th June 2019 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

First, for those people in the UK and other countries where it is illegal to distil spirits without a licence, here’s the legal bit: “It is illegal to manufacture spirits in the UK without a [more…]

The Necessary and Inevitable Recession to Come

17th June 2019 Patrick Barron 0

Perhaps the most destructive premise of modern, mainstream economics is that a central bank-induced monetary/credit expansion can cause an economy to grow without adverse consequences. Let’s be perfectly clear from the start…this policy has been [more…]