Health
The Final Cut
“You promised!” I certainly didn’t recall promising my wife anything of the sort, but then I also promised to be careful one night in Rome twelve months earlier, so I suppose she did have a [more…]
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Hobbies
Crossword No. 248
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a book of your choice (subject to T&Cs) & a mug! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Book Four – Chapter Twenty-Five
Penny was still in a daze when the presidential limo, the Beast, dropped the party back at the hotel. Following the formal presentation, everyone had mingled on the sunny lawn with the guests. Penny couldn’t [more…]
19th Century
The Wild West Trail, Part Six
Sixth in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in January 1968 – Jerry F Some few minutes before four o’clock on the afternoon of August [more…]
America
Postcard from Texas
Introductory sweeping generalisations Well, yeehah y’all! Just a few words to bring you an update on the second biggest state in the USA. They say there are three seasons in Texas: July, August and summer. [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Four, Chapter Twenty Four
Penny and Daniel walked out of the lift into the hotel lobby and strolled to the reception desk. What Jinnie hadn’t told them was that she had booked them the honeymoon suite and as Daniel [more…]
19th Century
The Wild West Trail, Part Five
Fifth in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in December 1967 – Jerry F Every Western cow town has its museum. Among the usual dusty [more…]
Cooking
Tastes of Christmas Past
You have my dearest lady to either thank or blame for this one. Reminiscing about Xmas at her parents as a child, she has often waxed lyrical about these things called pickled clementines – which [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Book Four – Chapter Twenty-Three
Paolo looked at his watch and saw it was twenty past five, time for a quick wash and to get his casual gear on. Jinnie was still asleep and he decided that he should wake [more…]