Fiction
Those Who Play With Fire, Chapter Two
The train was on time, Dave had hoped to grab a coffee at the station, but the cafe was closed, on the train there was no buffet or trolley service. At St. Pancras he headed [more…]
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Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Cockles & Mussels…
…Alive, Alive O! Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday sashays up to the crease to deliver yet another light-loafered, lubed-up googly from the gasworks-end of musical magnificence. [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story – Book Seven, Chapter Five
The following morning Jinnie and Paolo woke up with the ship already docked in St Lucia. They were in no rush to go to breakfast as they were not booked on an excursion. In fact, [more…]
America
Here be Dragons – Beware Quicksand
“Treason doth never prosper, what’s the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason.” – John Harington Shortly after 12:30 pm local time on November 22, 1963, the medical staff at Parkland Memorial [more…]
20th Century
Desert Mysteries Redux – Part Four
In Part 3, I included a photograph of a Hawker Hart with most of its fabric covering stripped off as a potential Desert Mystery regarding its fate. Further research has revealed that K4907 apparently had [more…]
21st Century
Kenya’s Third Liberation Movement
Kenya’s Third Liberation Movement It’s no longer just about the finance bill. Kenyans want fundamental change. July 16, 2024 If the point of protest is to create a counter-crisis, then the people’s movement in Kenya [more…]
20th Century
Report From Kenya, 1955 – Part Five
In 1955, at the height of the Mau Mau Rebellion, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of reports from Kenya for the Birmingham Mail and the Manchester Evening News – Jerry F Kamiti I [more…]
Eating
Cruising From Malta – Part Four
Day 12 – 2nd Monday – Corfu As we had sailed from Dubrovnik in Croatia to Corfu which is Greek we have had to put the clock forward an hour overnight to Greek time which [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Forty-One
Monday Good morning everyone from a wet Westminster, where it seems to have done nothing but rain since Legohead grabbed power. I must admit I am becoming concerned over my future here in Downing Street. [more…]