Authoritarianism
Mask Mongs
Masks, masks, everywhere and all the hubs did shrink. Everywhere I go there are masked goons, in cars alone, on pavements alone, wearing them in all sorts of places where they are not required by [more…]
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Arts
Another Caribbean Christmas, Part Two
Day One – Christmas Eve I woke up at 04:15, before my alarm went off, with my stomach turning over, I was either worried about the antigen test and failing at the last hurdle, or [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Twenty Seven
Monday I am delighted to be back from my enforced Christmas and New Year break, and I understand that my scribe is now happy and anxiously awaiting the result of his Day 2 PCR test. [more…]
Hobbies
Going Postal Saturday Puzzles Number 204
SOD-YOU-KO Word Search First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a mystery prize! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 203 and a mystery [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Three
Jinnie’s mobile woke her. Glancing at the radio alarm on her bedside table it read 23:45. She wanted to catch an early train in the morning so had given up waiting for Dirk to call [more…]
19th Century
Crimean War, Part Six
In 1954, as the centenary of the end of the Crimean War approached, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of articles for the Manchester Evening News which vividly described that campaign. In this article, [more…]
20th Century
Book Review: The Ratline
I don’t read non-fiction books that often, however I’m glad I picked The Ratline up when I was idly browsing suitable reading material for a holiday last year (the holiday got cancelled). For, those (like [more…]
Arts
“Have a lovely evening!”
“Have a lovely evening” are the words I often heard as children were collected from school at 3.05pm. Of course, as a member of SLT, I had nothing better to do at the end of [more…]
Arts
Sparklets Soda Syphons of The ’60s & ’70s
The Beginning If society ever collapses to the point where I’m judged to be a suitable contestant on Mastermind, my specialist subject will be ‘Sparklets’ soda syphons of the 1960s and 70s’. I’ve been fascinated [more…]