America
The Eternal Triangle
Sit yourselves down, Puffins, pour yourself a large one, & harken to the sorry tale of a chorus girl, the son of a US railroad robber baron, and the murdered architect Stanford White, in a [more…]
Blog
Conservatives
Labour’s bad boys – Part 16 Mike Amesbury
There have been instances of MPs getting a bit punchy after over indulging in the in-house bars in the House of Shame. This has largely been fisticuffs between MPs themselves. However, in what may be [more…]
20th Century
When We Was Fab – The Sydney Cricket Ground in the 1980s
40 or 50 years ago the SCG was probably the best place in the world to watch cricket. Sure Lord’s was more dignified and places like the MCG and Eden Gardens were bigger but this [more…]
Culture
Personal Situational Awareness
Anyone who’s ever taken a moment to watch animals in the wild – birds in particular, can’t fail to have noticed they are constantly on the lookout for danger and predators, and are always primed [more…]
Politics
YooKay2026…… A State broken by Corruption (Part 1)
When a bank flags a transaction as suspicious, it is not usually because someone has confessed to a crime. It is because the numbers do not make sense. A property sells for three times its [more…]
19th Century
Timothy Hackworth: The Third Northumbrian of the Railway Revolution
Born in the same village as George Stephenson, 5 years earlier. The man who saved the Stockton and Darlington when the engines kept breaking down. The man who built Russia’s first locomotive… and then vanished [more…]
Labour
No reflection in the mirror
And there you all were thinking this was going to be about vampires, sorry to disappoint but it’s far more down to earth. ‘Er indoors had an aunt who never stopped talking. I always thought [more…]
19th Century
The Scrapbook of Sherlock Holmes, 5/6: The Wolf Man of Mayfair. Part 2 of 2
Part One can be read here: The Scrapbook of Sherlock Holmes, 5/6: The Wolf Man of Mayfair. Part 1 of 2 It was fortunate for us that George lived only a few minutes’ brisk trot [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Thirty-One
Monday Good morning, my happy readers. The heat wave is over and it is back to normal temperatures here in London, and it is actually forecast to rain this evening. Legohead is back in town [more…]