Fiction
Those Who Play With Fire, Chapter Seventeen
The last thing Sally did was to lay out hers and Dave’s clothes for the morning. She climbed into bed at 22.30, the alarm was set for 05.00. Dave sat up as soon as the [more…]
Blog
Arts
A History of Pop Music – 1965
Featured song: Gerry & The Pacemakers – Ferry Cross The Mersey This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 7th November 2024 The Panel: Sarah Jones (Labour) Matt Vickers (Conservative) Bonnie Greer (Author and Poet) Tim Montgomerie (Journalist) Venue: Hartlepool Sarah Jones was first elected to parliament in 2017 and is the [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Seven, Chapter Twenty
The morning after her discussion and tentative agreement with Jack Baker, Jinnie and the family were eating breakfast at the terrace buffet when the Baker family arrived. Jack walked over and said, “Did I dream [more…]
20th Century
John Alldridge Meets Douglas Bader
In September 1955, the Manchester Evening News sent my uncle to interview Group Captain Douglas Bader – Jerry F There was a time — not so long ago — when for seven weary months I [more…]
America
US Presidential Election Night 2024
Historic events deserve historic images. As James said earlier in the day ‘Freedom, or Tyranny’ it is. I mentioned to DJM that I thought Trump had the votes. He admired my optimism but I should [more…]
America
Presidential Election Results Timeline
American presidential elections are decided by an Electoral College, in effect an Electoral College swung by the voters in a small number key ‘battleground’ states which may tip either way in a presidential election. In [more…]
America
Two paths lie ahead. Freedom or Tyranny
The world is now subjected to a tsunami of multimedia messages concerning the 2024 US Presidential election and the protagonists. Little substantive discourse escapes the emotional pleading soundbites in the well viewed shallow offerings of [more…]
17th Century
Yorkshire Parkin
Well then, seems I’ve been pressured into writing this one as a result of a suggestion from a Puffiness (who shall remain nameless (Yes, I’m looking at you…)). Rather than celebrating the dreadful Americanism that [more…]