More writings by uncle, John Alldridge. This time he is reporting from South America in 1960 for the Birmingham Evening Mail – Jerry F The capital of the Inca Empire I am very susceptible to [more…]
The Range Rover rushed up the M23 and onto the A23 into London with its blue lights embedded in the bumpers flashing but it was the two escorting police cars that impressed Penny, Nigel had [more…]
This speech was made on April 24, 1933, six years before the second World War, seven years before the battle of Britain, when Winston Churchill was fifty-nine years old. There are a few things I [more…]
I set before the Puffinati assembled a little piece of nourishment backed up with some history. A story as to how a piece of steak came to be one of the most famous dishes in [more…]
In the summer of 1943, the terrible reality of total war was the closest wolf to the Italian population’s sledge. Mussolini’s grandiose plans for a new Roman Empire that would stretch across Southern Europe and [more…]
Life carries on apace and, as things start to slow down a little in the greenhouse I find myself having time to venture out into the countryside, along with my camera, and visit the odd [more…]
Deeply buried in the LGBTQ+ acronym is the letter ‘P’. So deeply buried is it, that it doesn’t actually appear to be there. But believe me, it is. That invisible ‘P’ stands for ‘Paedophile’, and [more…]
After reading DJM’s fascinating article on words and phrases in the English language that originate from the Bard of Avon it set me wondering on the phrases and sayings we use that have their origin [more…]
Monday Good morning everyone, and welcome to my 200th diary entry. Wow, 200 editions, that means I have been writing this diary for over four years (if you count all those holidays my scribe goes [more…]
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