Cooking
Sous Vide for dummies
So what exactly is Sous Vide? If you have ever been served the most perfectly cooked steak, piece of chicken or fish in an upmarket restaurant, the chances are that it has been cooked sous [more…]
Blog
Eating
Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part Three
26th December – Boxing Day, La Romana, Dominican Republic I have only visited the Dominican Republic once before, when I stayed in an all-inclusive hotel in Puerto Plata many years ago and enjoyed it. Puerto [more…]
Capitalism
Sugar subsector reforms a Herculean task for Ruto
It is commendable that the Ruto regime is taking steps to revive the sugar sector but President Ruto will require strong goodwill to succeed where his predecessors have failed. January 11, 2024 In recent years, [more…]
Arts
The Return of the Native
Sorry to disappoint the diehard Thomas Hardy fans amongst you, but this has nothing at all to do with Clym Yeobright, Egdon Heath and the heathlands of Wessex, nor the love tangles and tragedies he [more…]
20th Century
Report From Israel, 1957 – Part Six
In 1957 my uncle, John Alldridge visited Israel for the Birmingham Mail. This is the last of his reports. – Jerry F When an Israeli defines a civilian as a soldier on leave for eleven [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Saint Agnes
I suppose the best way to start this article is to say it has almost nothing to do with St Agnes, the patron saint of girls, although rather weirdly I am unintentionally writing it on [more…]
Politics
How to Survive the Coming Collapse and One World Government
Interview with Claudio Grass and Maneco64. Claudio Grass, Hünenberg See, Switzerland 2024
Ethics
Are all civilisations doomed to fail?
Throughout history we have seen great civilisations rise, decline and fall. History has this annoying habit of repeating itself, none more so than in the case of human endeavour. As someone famous once said [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Nineteen
Monday Hi folks, I’m getting back into the swing of this daily diary thing again. The Rich Boy is due to make a statement in the Commons this afternoon on the bombing of the Houthis [more…]