Jinnie and Lucia where busy feeding the twins their breakfast and having their regular chat when they both suddenly stopped. Willie had distinctly said ‘Mum’ while reaching out for his mashed up boiled egg. Millie [more…]
It happened a couple of weeks ago. I was feeling rather disconsolate. Deflated. Depressed, even. As I watched our freedom slip away, largely unremarked by the mainstream media who were busy frothing over The Next [more…]
Whatever crimes the RPF had or hadn’t committed inside Rwanda, its interventions in DRC and meddling in neighbouring states (Uganda and Burundi) had exposed a casualness to human life, cavalier ruthlessness, and shocking levels of [more…]
Born in 1875 Henry the eldest son of the 4th Marquess of Anglesey Citation needed here because it was rumoured throughout his life the Marquess was not his real father and that his mother had [more…]
In 1969, my uncle, John Alldridge visited New Guinea to “observe the attempt to weld a primitive people to a modern society”. This is the third of his reports for the Vancouver Sun. – Jerry [more…]
Chapter 1 – Preliminaries I had just returned from a Christmas and New Year cruise when I started thinking about booking the next Christmas cruise, being a single traveller, you need to book early to [more…]
This time, Security vans, a trip to Rochester and a stranger in my own country. Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and [more…]
It was a very happy Jinnie who drove her Lexus back to Potters Bar to drop off Alberto and Guido. As she drove, the directors chatted. Jinnie asked if both the others were happy how [more…]
William Shakespeare devised new words and countless plot tropes that still appear in everyday life. Famous quotes from his plays are easily recognisable; phrases like “To be or not to be,” “wherefore art thou, Romeo,” [more…]
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