Politics
Lycra clad Bonus Holes
We must all be painfully aware of the lycra clad Bonus Holes who ride about on our roads. There is an absolutely massive one who has a weekday morning show on Channel 5. One of [more…]
Blog
20th Century
In The Steps of The First Army, Part Four
“In the fourth of his articles John Alldridge writes of Longstop Hill as it is today — “a totally unremarkable hill” — and recalls the fighting which has made its name a legend.” – Manchester [more…]
21st Century
A New Generalplan Ost
“What are you doing next week?” asked the voice on the other end of the phone, “Nothing that I cannot move or delay,” I replied; recognising the voice as Linas, a Lithuanian with whom I [more…]
Economics
Let’s stop kidding ourselves
Columnists write glibly about the “cost-of-living crisis” as if it were an affliction visited upon our unsuspecting community and that, as usual, it is the duty of government to cure it. The fact that the [more…]
Elections
Polling Predictions #10
If it’s Sunday it must be Opinion Polls time again. As a quick aside to start with there have been quite a few mentions of MPs being suspended this week. The Grauniad even gave a [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Thirty-One
Monday Good morning readers it’s a rather pleasant morning mild and a bit of sunshine but it’s going to rain again later. I enjoyed my trip down the garden in the sun and found a [more…]
Arts
Postcard From Peter Hitchens, Part Four
Having enough in common with Peter Hitchens to engage in correspondence, I put pen to paper after spying an entertaining railway-orientated thread on his X account. Eventually, he wrote back. Or rather, eventually I found [more…]
Literature
Along the Saxon Shore
When I lived in London in the early 2000s, I explored all the surrounding counties by bike. Of them, Essex was perhaps the most interesting. It suffers from more negative stereotyping than any other county [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Welcome To Our New Direction
Greetings pop pickers. It’s Tay Tay Time! Welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday and another of our fortnightly dibbers in the gently sloped gardens of musical magnificence. This week, as we mark International Non-Binary Parents’ [more…]