Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Twenty-Three
Monday Hi folks, what a lovely sunny Monday morning here in London. I must say I was a little surprised to see a clear blue sky through the window before I went out. It’s half [more…]
Blog
Arts
The Lighthouse of The Pacific
Leaving the Pan-American highway and heading west beyond the urban sprawl of second city Santa Ana, we follow the route of the El Salvador Railway Company’s Ahuachapan branch line which we discovered last time. Nothing [more…]
Biography
Going Postal, Part One
Just before 2000, I decided to give up a well-paid job and comfortable life in Japan to make a new start — please don’t laugh — in my homeland. England. Get back to my roots. [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: The Old Grey Whistle Test
Greetings pop pickers and welcome to another Fabulously Flamboyant Friday – our fortnightly frolic in the uphill garden of musical fragrance. This week we take a puddle-jumping probe into the rainbow and glitter world of [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 22nd February 2024 The Panel: Laura Farris (Conservative) Stella Creasy (Labour) Camilla Tominay (Journalist) Jason Arday (Academic) Venue: Maidenhead Berkshire-born Laura Farris is the Conservative MP for Newbury. The 45-year-old graduated in PPE [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Seventeen
Jinnie and Paolo arrived at what she now thought of as the head office and leading branch of Aunty JoJo’s Chicken Shack. Jinnie was staggered, if anything the queues outside were now even longer with [more…]
Economics
The Welfare State Prolongs Recessions
Many economic pundits predict that the US and much of the world either is in a recession or about to enter one, depending upon one’s definition of the term “recession”. This brief essay is not [more…]
Science
Modern day windscreens
If you have a relatively modern car – definitely 20 years old or less, then you will undoubtedly have a bonded windscreen. This is where the windscreen is ‘glued’ to the car’s body and a [more…]
Economics
Fighting the Good Fight
The UN is actively addressing the challenges of international tax cooperation in the digital era, highlighting the necessity to revamp existing rules. A recent UN report offers three options: a legally binding multilateral convention, a [more…]