20th Century
A History of Pop Music – 1959
Featured song: Bert Weedon – Guitar Boogie Shuffle This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making [more…]
Blog
Conservatives
Always Worth Saying’s King’s Speech Review
Puffins visiting Londonistan may spot a carriage and horses containing a Controller wearing a Cap of Maintenance and armed, besides various other baubles, with a Sword of State. If so, they will have happened upon [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Seven – Chapter Four
Jinnie woke from a deep sleep and thought, ‘It must be nearly breakfast; I better go to the loo before the nurses bring it in.’ It was only when she started to get out of [more…]
21st Century
Kenya’s Protests Are Different This Time
On 25 June 2024, a youth-led protest primarily composed of Gen Zs, as they are popularly referred to, stormed Kenya’s parliament. Legislators voted to pass the Finance Bill 2024 in its third and last reading [more…]
20th Century
Desert Mysteries Redux – Part Three
Before my late uncle could take part in “air policing” the Middle East (see Part 1) and when not exploring the local sights and antiquities (see Part 2), he was learning to fly. My uncle [more…]
Economics
Economic Freedom: The Cornerstone of Western Civilization
“There can be no socialism without a state, and as long as there is a state there is socialism. The state, then, is the very institution that puts socialism into action; and as socialism rests [more…]
20th Century
Report From Kenya, 1955 – Part Four
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 Vachakos First [more…]
Hobbies
Cruising From Malta, Part Three
Day 7 Wednesday – At sea The best night’s sleep so far and they have all been good! It’s surprising how tiring sitting in the fresh air can be. After dinner last night I popped [more…]
America
The leadership race
The dirty tricks have started already. The first is to declare that there can be no deal with Reform on the grounds that the remaining 121 shysters have nothing in common with those far right [more…]