Fiction
Bombs and Betrayal, Chapter Sixteen
The printer had stopped, he took off the sheets and sat down. “Jane,” he looked across at her, she was still on the phone, he waited until she had finished. “He will be here within [more…]
Blog
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Friday: When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth Pt.4
Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends. To a time When Mellotrons rattled and hummed, Moogs bleeped and squeaked, and bloated concept albums ruled the record racks, if not quite the airways. [more…]
Conservatives
Kier Starmer, The Wilderness Years?
Earlier this week, to lob a grenade at his successor Andy Burnham’s first day in the House of Commons after the recess, Keir Starmer announced his resignation from Parliament. Speaking via his local newspaper, the [more…]
Uncategorized
Summer 2026 Competition Results
Another great set of competition entries which made picking a top three difficult but I wanted to spread the prizes around. All entrants can email me with their address and choose a GP mug, or [more…]
Politics
Banana Republic UK
I was forced through conversation today to contrast my experience of the U.K. from 48 years ago with the present day, as we spoke the differences were crystallised confirming the abyss into which the U.K. [more…]
America
Mississippi Valley
Last time I left you we were crossing the de Soto bridge from Memphis into the badlands of Arkansas. Even though I didn’t see the river again for another few hundred miles you’re in the [more…]
20th Century
Britain 1940 and Iran 2026
The Unsavory Similarity Revealed It struck me that there are several similarities between Britain’s noble stand against Nazi Germany in 1940 and Iran’s stand against the US/Israel this year. The Battle for Britain 1940 After [more…]
Cooking
A View From (Inside) The Greenhouse; A Load Of Old Rhubarb
It happened again. There I was, minding my own business (trying to kill more white-fly, to be specific) when I heard an all too familiar thud on the glass. I was at the top end [more…]
Communism
Questionable Ethics, Philosophical Guidelines, and the Art of Profiting from Instability (Part 1)
The tearoom on Chancery Lane was a haven of quiet opulence, its walls lined with damask and its tables adorned with crisp linen, where the soft clatter of teaspoons against bone china composed a subtle [more…]