20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1976
Featured song: ABBA – Dancing Queen This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it. One [more…]
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21st Century
Always Worth Saying’s Railway Review
Boy, how I miss Question Time. The witty repartee, the razor-sharp cut and thrust of debate. George the Poet. The £22 billion black hole. Foodbanks, the statutory tranny, and the obese woman with the purple [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Six
The next day was not only another perfect Caribbean day, but it was Christmas Eve, and the twins knew from experience that Father Christmas arrived on board in the late afternoon. So, in the planning [more…]
America
The Case Against the F-35
In the past few months several reputable aviation magazines, such as Combat Aircraft Journal Magazine, have stated that the F-35 is not combat capable. Its April issue had many reports related to the progress of [more…]
20th Century
The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife: A Blade Forged in War
The Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife, often simply called the “F-S knife,” is one of the most iconic combat blades in history. Designed during World War II by two British close-combat experts, William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric [more…]
Christianity
Pastoral Letter on Assisted Dying
On Sundays, the priest preaches a sermon about half-way through Mass. Depending on how good a speaker he is, this is an opportunity to pick up some insights on today’s gospel, or alternatively to drift [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musing Part Twenty-Three
Just a quick note for now. A comment in response to my article on Aldershot really got up my nose; using he term ‘squaddy’ in a derogatory way. Typical ‘go with the flow’ sheeple trope. [more…]
Politics
Why we Fight, Part One
The cool kids table at Davos has become a truly funny place as a tribe of self-anointed, self-credentialed, self-referential, and self-styled “elites” gather to discuss their eliteness and why it’s time that the rest of [more…]
Human Interest
Dog Walking Thoughts – No 1: K.B.O.
As with all large projects or major goals, in life or work, things can seem too big to be achievable. The usual advice is to break it all down into manageable ‘chunks’ – and that [more…]