19th Century
Mount Snowdon
Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa in Welsh) is the highest mountain in Wales, standing at an elevation of 3,560ft above sea level. As such, it holds the title as the highest point in the British Isles [more…]
Blog
Biography
Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Seven
Part one is here Part two is here Part three is here Part Four is here Part Five is here Part Six is here This time: Frank the KP, much excitement amongst the girls, a [more…]
20th Century
G2E4 -Glam Rock – The Later Days
Welcome pop pickers to episode 4 of Genre 2, Glam Rock. This week back to Glam Rock. Thank you to Wiki and Top of the Pops. Courtesy of Wiki: New Romantic acts in the UK such [more…]
20th Century
South American Journey, Part Five
More writings by uncle, John Alldridge. This time he is reporting from South America in 1960 for the Birmingham Evening Mail – Jerry F The country where strangers get drunk on fresh air and where [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Five – Chapter Twenty-Six
Larry was perched on Jinnie’s garden office desk watching Jason and Gary trying to sort out the electronics that worked the door in the wall between his garden and Nigel’s garden next door. Larry was [more…]
America
Gold Will Destroy Keynesian Fallacies
Great forces are in place to change the world in which we have lived since the end of the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1971. These forces cannot be stopped. The leaders of Western democracies are [more…]
Arts
The Cnuteneering Home For Wayward Lathes and Milling Machines Part 2^w 3.
Welcome back once more to the Cnuteneering Home For Wayward Lathes and Milling Machines (CHFWLMM Charitable Foundation, listed in Bermuda alongside Tony Blairs Foundation shell companies). We left the last installment with the establishment of [more…]
21st Century
Maandamano Follows the Same Path
For Kenya’s Western-controlled political stomachs, with the expected support of Kenya’s Lame Stream, the same agenda continues. Post Ruto’s signing off (or in his case, thumbprint of the Finance Act 2023) under direction of US [more…]
Arts
Elementary, my dear Watson – Co Cobalt
We are working our way through each of the eighteen Groups of the Periodic Table (a.k.a. the Periodic Table of the Elements), with the general idea behind this series being to ensure that at least [more…]