20th Century
Desert Mysteries, Part Five
The Royal Tank Museum In Part 4, I described the vehicles that belonged to the British and Arab “Special Forces” of WW1 and WW2 that are displayed in The Royal Tank Museum in Amman, Jordan. [more…]
Blog
21st Century
Persecution Against Scott Ritter Shows US Not Democracy Anymore
By Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert. The persecution of political dissidents in the US is becoming commonplace. People who oppose Washington’s aggressive foreign [more…]
Diary
A View From (Just Outside) The Greenhouse; It’s The Weather, Stupid!
I’m “penning” this missive a little earlier that I normally would, as I have a busy weekend coming up. Accordingly, it won’t be as up to date as I’d normally like, but I’m sure my [more…]
20th Century
Report From Kenya, 1955 – Part One
In 1955, at the height of the Mau Mau Rebellion, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of reports from Kenya for the Birmingham Mail and the Manchester Evening News – Jerry F Tactical Force [more…]
Hobbies
Queen Ann Naming
Some Puffins may be vaguely aware of Mrs A’s enthusiasm for cruising, and in the course of this has booked us a cruise on the spon-new Cunarder, Queen Ann. Unfortunately she was unable to book [more…]
Capitalism
“The Return of Marxism in the West”
Executive Global: (EG) We saw a heavy-handed totalitarian response to the events of 2020, something that you also noted and discussed when you recently sat down with HSH Prince Michael of Liechtenstein. What were the [more…]
Elections
Polling Predictions #17
This week’s sh!tshow has got off to a good start. With news that the Tory campaign is having zero effect the dwarf is rushing northwards to shore up the Tory base and try to deflect [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Thirty-Eight
Monday Good morning everyone and welcome to another week’s worth of my ramblings. I saw the Rich Boy launched his ‘National Service’ big idea yesterday. Of course, as soon as anyone say’s National Service we [more…]
Arts
Postcard From The Royal Mile
Having exhausted Edinburgh’s King’s Gallery, myself and Mrs AWS spilled into the street and faced the caravan park, timeshares, swimming pool, shop and public lavatory complex opposite. Hold on a minute. On closer observation, the [more…]