Hobbies
Northumberland, Part Two
It takes a week to cycle from Penzance to Berwick. It took me 40 years. Because on the way, I wanted to include every town in England, in what amounted to some two years of [more…]
Blog
America
Law of Nations Citizenship, Not Anchor Babies
The American Civil Liberties Union has been a primary litigant in challenging President Trump’s position that the offspring of illegal immigrants into the United States do not acquire US citizenship. ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project Deputy [more…]
Biography
America
Conspiracy Theories
Elon Musk’s all new singing and dancing AI system is called Grok3 and it is available free in Beta form. I decided to ask it one of the old chestnuts. Did the CIA invent the [more…]
Fiction
An Old Man’s Musings, Part Eighteen
Fucking hell. I have just watched George Galloway’s latest speech. I have always liked his oratory and this surpasses anything I have heard in years. I love the man. And I believe he speaks for [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Nine
Monday Good morning, people. Surprise, surprise, it’s damp and gloomy once again in Downing Street, and that’s not only outside Number 10. Inside, we have a wet, rather than damp, PM, and he is very [more…]
20th Century
It’s Not 1939, It’s 1950
It’s 1939 all over again! Or is it? Perhaps it’s 1950. A date we can be certain of is 2014 when, as Kiev tipped towards the EU and NATO, Moscow-backed Russian separatists prised parts of [more…]
Fiction
A Price Too High, Chapter Eleven
Sally was up as normal on Monday morning, Dave said he would be Ubering. When she was at her desk, she made a call, when finished, she went off to see her boss, “I have [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Ivory Cutlery’s Day Off Pt. 4
Greetings pop pickers and please be welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday and another of our fortnightly mastications upon the marshmallowy pillows of musical magnificence. Tonight, dear reader, as we mark World Spay Day (yes, [more…]