Hobbies
In the Fens
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
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Fifty
Monday Good morning folks, well it was a little chilly early this morning and the thermostat turned the heating on so there was a nice warm radiator when I woke up. So tomorrow nearly 2,000 [more…]
20th Century
Postcard From Birmingham, Part Five
There are two schools of thought, volunteer for everything, never volunteer for anything. I knew a chap sent to the South Atlantic. At Mount Pleasant airfield in what the Guinness Book of Records describes as [more…]
Fiction
Those Who Play With Fire, Chapter Ten
Sally had left to play tennis by the time Dave had dressed and eaten breakfast. He sat in the kitchen thinking about the revelations from the previous evening. On Wednesday, he would have to give [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Ivory Cutlery’s Day Off Pt. 2
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, Ivory Cutlery (currently numb of buttock, sore [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 19th September 2024 The Panel: Lucy Powell (Labour) Graham Stewart (Conservative) Tim Farron (LibDem) Mariana Mazzucato (Economist) Jill Kirby (Journalist) Venue: Ashton-Under-Lyne The programme began with Fiona Bruce saying a very strange thing. [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Book Seven – Chapter Thirteen
Jinnie headed round the M25 towards the M23 to Crawley and was listening to the radio. There was a discussion going on about the German/Russian dispute and how it was getting worse. The presenter was [more…]
History
The Birth of the Angry Young Man
In 1956 the play Look Back in Anger was first staged in Britain. Written by John Osborne, it was the story of Jimmy Porter – who came to symbolise a new force in postwar Britain – the [more…]
History
Postcard from Saint Nicholas
Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat, Keir Starmer is stealing pennies from the old man’s hat, and we continue our journey around the Isles of Scilly. Tresco was once called St Nicholas, or [more…]