In 1969, my uncle, John Alldridge visited New Guinea to “observe the attempt to weld a primitive people to a modern society”. This is the third of his reports for the Vancouver Sun. – Jerry [more…]
The news sent me scurrying to the attic to fumble in the dark with my watawat (behave yourselves). With girls’ football and Wendyball now equivalent in every way, the crafty chaps at association football’s governing [more…]
Wednesday 19th February It seemed as though Colonel Nguyen was getting frustrated with National Caveats as well. His Environmental Health Officer, Major Stavros Balaskas was due to go up to the Czech military hospital on [more…]
Chapter 1 – Preliminaries I had just returned from a Christmas and New Year cruise when I started thinking about booking the next Christmas cruise, being a single traveller, you need to book early to [more…]
As further proof that nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, in this week’s edition we diverge from my grandparents’ faded leather-bound family album from the 1940s and 50s and take a look at what [more…]
This time, Security vans, a trip to Rochester and a stranger in my own country. Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and [more…]
Welcome pop pickers to episode 3 of Genre 2, Glam Rock. This week back to Glam Rock. Thank you to Wiki and Top of the Pops. Courtesy of Wiki: Glam rock emerged from the English psychedelic and [more…]
Question Time 29th June 2023 The Panel: Helen Whately (Conservative) Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour) Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (Chef and Campaigner) Dia Chakravarty (The Telegraph) Mhairi Black (SNP) Venue: Exeter Hugh Christopher Edmund Fearnley-Whittingstall was born in Hampstead, [more…]
It was a very happy Jinnie who drove her Lexus back to Potters Bar to drop off Alberto and Guido. As she drove, the directors chatted. Jinnie asked if both the others were happy how [more…]
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