“In the fourth of his articles John Alldridge writes of Longstop Hill as it is today — “a totally unremarkable hill” — and recalls the fighting which has made its name a legend.” – Manchester [more…]
“What are you doing next week?” asked the voice on the other end of the phone, “Nothing that I cannot move or delay,” I replied; recognising the voice as Linas, a Lithuanian with whom I [more…]
Columnists write glibly about the “cost-of-living crisis” as if it were an affliction visited upon our unsuspecting community and that, as usual, it is the duty of government to cure it. The fact that the [more…]
If it’s Sunday it must be Opinion Polls time again. As a quick aside to start with there have been quite a few mentions of MPs being suspended this week. The Grauniad even gave a [more…]
Monday Good morning readers it’s a rather pleasant morning mild and a bit of sunshine but it’s going to rain again later. I enjoyed my trip down the garden in the sun and found a [more…]
Having enough in common with Peter Hitchens to engage in correspondence, I put pen to paper after spying an entertaining railway-orientated thread on his X account. Eventually, he wrote back. Or rather, eventually I found [more…]
When I lived in London in the early 2000s, I explored all the surrounding counties by bike. Of them, Essex was perhaps the most interesting. It suffers from more negative stereotyping than any other county [more…]
Greetings pop pickers. It’s Tay Tay Time! Welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday and another of our fortnightly dibbers in the gently sloped gardens of musical magnificence. This week, as we mark International Non-Binary Parents’ [more…]
Question Time 18th April 2024 The Panel: David TC Davies (Conservative) Bridget Phillipson (Labour) Carla Denyer (Green) Richard Tice (Reform UK) Venue: Buxton A QT regular, Bridget Phillipson (not her real name, Bridget Maeve Dimery) [more…]
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