Biography
Going Postal, Part Three
Just before 2000, I decided to give up a well-paid job and comfortable life in Japan to make a new start in my homeland. I had bought a share in a house in south London, [more…]
Blog
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Birmingham
Greetings pop pickers and welcome to another Fabulously Flamboyant Friday – our fortnightly puddle-jumping jaunt in the perfumed garden of musical mastication. This week we’ll wipe down the balti bowl of bhangra with the garlic [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 7th March 2024 The Panel: David TC Davies (Conservative) Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Rhun ap Iorwerth (Plaid Cymru) Stephanie Flanders (Economist and Journalist) Guto Harri (Former No 10 Adviser) Venue: Cardiff Eagle-eyed Puffins will [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Twenty
The luggage had arrived at the suite shortly after Ajay had left them and despite his saying that it was part of a butler’s duty to unpack for passengers, Jinnie didn’t fancy a stranger doing [more…]
Communism
Plugging away – the story of an FOI request
Although I do some project management stuff from time to time as part of my daily grind I am by no means an expert, but I do properly understand the basics. I was pondering the [more…]
Arts
To Wawa and Beyond
The rooster started crowing at 3 am, which then set the dogs off. The barking went on for a while then a motorbike without a silencer went roaring past. It must have been 3-45am when [more…]
Business
Memo to Political Busybodies
As long as cartels and cockroach ideas rule the roost, coffee farmers will continue to vote with their feet. Because farmers owe themselves an income, be it from bananas or avocados, it does not matter. [more…]
Culture
A View From (Inside) The Greenhouse; A Rift In The Political Continuum
No rest for the wicked, also, or so it seems, no rest for Dave, who continues to throw himself, wholeheartedly, at the creation and preparation of our outdoor growing area. After much discussion about the [more…]
20th Century
Crisis Journey, 1947 – Part One
“The record of what one man saw and heard and felt on a journey through Britain in October 1947, by John Alldridge” Uncle John’s record of his trip round Britain, to assess the extent to [more…]