Diary
WG’s Christmas Cruise 2025 – Part Two
Sunday 21st December. Sailing Day. There is no mad rush to do anything this morning. Apple Maps tells me it will take 1 hour and twenty minutes to get to the cruise terminal, and I [more…]
Blog
Arts
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Night Manager
An alignment of Le Carrés occurred over Christmas. A new series of The Night Manager dropped on BBC 1 and iPlayer alongside a repeat of the Corporation’s 1979 adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, also [more…]
Fiction
On Dangerous Ground, Chapter Three
He sat outside Manchester Station on double yellow lines with the blue lights flashing, no one bothered him, he saw Taff and Colin come onto the street. Out the car, he called them over, seeing [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1994
Featured song: Elton John – Circle of Life 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…]
19th Century
Land Grab or Business as Usual?
A early as 2019, President Donald Trump made headlines by suggesting that the United States should consider buying Greenland from Denmark, a proposal that immediately sparked debate and international attention. While the idea seemed unusual [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Thirteen
The evening of the day she had booked the family’s first Mediterranean cruise, Jinnie broke the news to the family over dinner. At first, the twins were a little confused and asked if they were [more…]
20th Century
Labour’s bad boys – Part 1 Nick Brown
Nicholas Hugh Brown, known as Nick, born in 1950 in Kent is the object of much speculation, none of it good. He went to the University of Manchester and worked in advertising for Proctor and [more…]
Fiction
Racial Memory, Part Two
Having not used public transport for some time, I had anticipated a lively social experience, sharing my journey with a group of strangers embarking on a new day, a new week. I was to be [more…]
America
DJT & the Illusion of Reform
There’s a fleeting thrill of schadenfreude that comes with witnessing the downfall of any elite. The media frenzy surrounding Jefferey Epstein’s second arrest was a perfect example of how the system expertly manipulates the masses, [more…]