Jinnie woke and reached out across the double bed for Paolo and found there was no one there. At first she panicked and then realised she was in the Vauxhall Travelodge. She switched the light [more…]
Recently Nadine Dorries announced the end of the BBC as we know it. At least that’s what the culture secretary appeared to imply when declaring that the next licence fee announcement will be the ‘last’ [more…]
Day 2 – Christmas Day – Barbados Christmas Day dawned another warm and sunny morning. As per the itinerary we were still berthed in Barbados awaiting more passengers. I watched a truck being loaded with [more…]
Over the second half of January, we witnessed a fresh wave of volatility in equity markets, culminating in a pullback that caused widespread concern and endless headlines in the mainstream financial press. There was speculation [more…]
Monday Morning all, a clear and frosty morning. Bozzie is a little happier this morning, his team have dug up a picture of Stoma necking a bottle of beer with a crowd during lockdown and [more…]
SOD-YOU-KO 205 Word Search 205 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 204 and [more…]
Jinnie’s newly enlarged team got down to work immediately, hitting the phones to the contacts. The military were as helpful as the SIS hadn’t been and a kick-off meeting was arranged for 4 o’clock in [more…]
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…]
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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