Arts
Listen again
I was 17 and probably on my second car as the first one was too far gone on the floors and sills to be worth repairing. I was attending College and hung around with a [more…]
Blog
Economics
Private property rights under siege
People invest in gold for many different reasons. Many do so out of concern over economic, monetary or political uncertainty. Others seek a hedge against inflation, a way to protect and preserve the real purchasing [more…]
Elections
Polling Predictions #3
Here we are with the 3rd instalment concerning UK Polling Report’s tweets. As has been mentioned more than once in the comments that nobody reads, beware of polls. I had hoped there would have been [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Twenty-Four
Monday Hi folks, another dull and wet morning to welcome me back to work. My duty feeder this morning was the one who likes to put the kitchen TV on. I was watching and listening [more…]
Human Interest
Always Worth Saying’s Car Review
Prelude? Yes, prelude. The Honda Prelude? No. The type of prelude that the dictionary reveals as an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important. Let me begin. The marketing gurus ask [more…]
Biography
Going Postal, Part Two
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…]
Arts
Destroyer (Kiss album)
Do you remember the scene in Macbeth when he and Banquo meet the witches for the first time and Shakespeare makes Banquo speak words of utter bewilderment: What are these | So withered and so [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 29th February 2024 The Panel: Baroness Warsi (Conservative) David Lammy (Labour) Caroline Lucas (Green) Tim Stanley (Journalist) Venue: Croydon At the time of writing, there’s no sign of any Question Time guests. Ordinarily [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Nineteen
Over a Sunday lunch of Mrs Walsh’s delicious roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, Jinnie and Penny told their parents of their Christmas and New Year cruise plan. Penny said they were only telling them now [more…]