Elections
A Polling Station, What Goes On
As may have been previously mentioned, I will be a polling clerk on May 23rd should the Euro elections take place. It’s my first time so I was expecting some training but no, I have [more…]
Blog
Arts
The Unseen Path – Publication
The first Going Postal serialised novel – The Unseen Path – is now published and available to purchase. It was serialised over the course of about 11 months in 2017/18, and ran to about 180,000 [more…]
Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Eleven
Joe Malone is finishing up at the home of Super-Remainer, Lord Marmon-Herrington Bixby. He has discovered papers, passports, and a pistol in Lady Bixby’s safe. And a box of polished diamonds. Lady Bixby has changed [more…]
Authoritarianism
Globalism v. Nationalism: The Third Part
Here we go again. The power struggle between Nationalists and Globalists continues. I did so dearly hope to be writing from a post-EU Britain, but here we are. A brief reminder that I previously wrote [more…]
19th Century
A Bear’s Diary – Part 19
March 29th, 1810 (March 17th O.S.). We have good news brought by one of the Count’s agents returning from St Petersburg. A suitable ship has been found and purchased, and is now on her long [more…]
Christianity
Ezekiel the Mystical Prophet Part 2 – the Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones
I wrote these articles at the prompting of Goodnight Vienna who became very interested in the Old Testament prophets at the end of her life, and the pair on Ezekiel were the last ones she [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille, Part 13
Over chai in the subcontinent, balut in the tropics or roast swan in an Oxbridge refectory the topic of conversation might turn to ‘given the chance, would you kill baby Hitler?’ In Latin this would [more…]
Arts
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review
Question Time 25th April 2019 Panel: Caroline Lucas: Green MP (Remain) Vince Cable: LibDem MP (Remain) John Ashworth: Labour MP (Remain) Victoria Atkins (Tory MP Remain) John Rhys-Davies (Actor. Leaver) Venue: Nottingham In the first [more…]
Arts
Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents Question Time from Nottingham with a panel of politicians and other guests facing topical questions from the audience. On the panel are: Victoria Atkins MP, crime [more…]