Hobbies
A mini problem
In 1984 I bought my first car and like many teenagers at that time a mini was an ideal way to gain independence and freedom of the road. My father and brother both worked as [more…]
Blog
Conservatives
A pathetic array of muddled and utterly unprincipled tax policies
The chief role of government is to enact laws that protect the lives and civil freedoms of its citizens. Any “add-ons” warrant the most careful scrutiny before being admitted to the nation’s laws. However, even [more…]
Animals
Larrys Diary, Week Two Hundred And Twenty-Two
Monday Hi folks, it’s another week and I am here again, bringing you all the news that’s fit to report, and some that isn’t! The Rich Boy, or as I have heard him called in [more…]
19th Century
A Gem From The Golden Age of Coffee
Despite finding San Salvador to be a much more pleasant place than expected, we shall strike into the provinces and catch our breath in a guest room in the sticks. En route, we shall allow [more…]
Literature
The Station at Aston Rowant
Based on a lyrical passage in The Oxford, Gloucester and Milford Haven Road, by Charles G Harper. Harper’s entire oeuvre of “Road” books has long been out of print, but no travel writer I know [more…]
Arts
Allan Wachs – Mountain Roads and City Streets (1978)
A friend and I, in an effort to broaden our musical appreciation, agreed to listen to and review albums we would never normally listen to. Due to the effort this involved, the scope broadened after [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 15th February 2024 The Panel: Graham Stuart (Conservative) Lucy Powell (Labour) Drew Hendry (SNP) Juergen Maier (Industrialist) Jill Kirby (Columnist) Venue: Lancaster Graham Stuart is the Conservative MP for Beverley and Holderness. Like [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Seventeen
Jinnie stood in front of the suite’s full-length mirror and inspected herself. Her summer dress looked good, and her makeup was immaculate, those lessons from Melissa were paying off. Paolo was sitting in an armchair [more…]
Medicine
Help Prevent the Occurrence of Cancer
This article was prompted by my friend a Frenchman who was diagnosed several months ago with a very rare growth on a lung. So rare indeed that not a lot is known about this particular [more…]