Fiction
The Past is Present, Chapter Twelve
Having dropped off his suitcase, he was in Records at 09:00, he sat at a reading table, he opened his briefcase, took out his notepad and a packet of biscuits. There were boxes of files [more…]
Blog
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Friday – A Postcard From Cannes
Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday sashays up to the crease to deliver yet another light-loafered, lubed-up googly from the gasworks-end of musical magnificence. This week’s missive [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 26th June 2025 The Panel: Anas Sarwar (Labour) Andrew Bowie (Conservative) Thomas Kerr (Reform UK) Shirley-Anne Somerville (SNP) Lesley Riddoch (Journalist & Broadcaster) Venue: St Andrews Shirley-Anne Somerville is the Scrounging Nasty Party [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Seventeen
Two weeks after briefing Brooke and Brian on her plan to expand into Florida, Jinnie was on her way home from a day in Crawley where she had been catching up on SuperBurger and DKL [more…]
Book Review
Book Review: The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton is a masterful blend of dystopian sci-fi and classic murder mystery. Set on an idyllic Greek island, the last refuge in a world [more…]
Hobbies
Playing With Electricity – Part 3
“Your nose will grow…” I’m sure that we can all recall some of these admonitions from our youth: “Keep looking like that and your face will stick!” – Why? To what? Surely that isn’t in [more…]
Going Postal
Bash 2025 Weekend
It will be a decent crowd with a mix of old hands and newbies. Be gentle with them. We normally do a whip round for Saturday morning booze and food shopping. £10-£15 if you’re not [more…]
Diary
A (Burts’ Eye) View From The Greenhouse; Feminism Or Infanticide
A busy long weekend just completed with a trip to the railway station. Mrs C’s birthday was graced by the presence of our friends from Essex who haven’t graced us with their presence (it’s a [more…]
Politics
Return to First Principles to End Wars in the Middle East
The world is being driven to war, possibly nuclear war, by current leaders who want their citizens to believe that that there are no other options. This is patently NOT TRUE. Let us explore first [more…]