Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Eleven
Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. Part One is here Part Two is here Part Three is here Part Four is here Part Five is here Part Six is here Part [more…]
Blog
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: George Michael
Greetings pop pickers and welcome to another edition of Fabulously Flamboyant Friday, our occasional probe into the Campari and soda drenched, rainbow and glitter world of artistes who are quite simply fabulous darling. This week [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 16th November 2023 The Panel: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative) Bridget Phillipson (Labour) Paul Johnson (Institute of Fiscal Studies) Juliet Samuel (The Times) Danny Sriskandarajah (Oxfam) Venue: Bridgwater Sir Jacob William Rees-Mogg is the Conservative [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Six
Brian and Belinda arrived the Continental restaurant promptly at 9:30 and found David Braithwaite and the maître d’ waiting for them in reception. Braithwaite invited them all to his office for coffee and biscuits before [more…]
Conservatives
The glorious return of David Cameron
“Seriously Gidders, you should have seen the bloody state of it,” brayed Lord David Cameron, swinging his JM Weston brogues up onto the desk. “An absolute bloody farce. I was half expecting that Jeremy Beagle [more…]
Hobbies
The Tale of my Old Dumper, Part One
The beginning This story starts roughly six years ago when we moved to Cumbria having purchased a small farm cottage with adjoining derelict barn which we planned to convert to domestic accommodation. Firstly a warning, [more…]
20th Century
The Muslim Brotherhood, Part Four
The Brotherhood boots were arriving in the UK long before Risky Niknak Channel Uber got involved. Enter the Scribbler Abu Musab “the Syrian”, who was a liaison officer with OBL and the Groupe Islamic Armé [more…]
20th Century
Whitby – Fishing – Part One of what was
Whitby situated on the East Coast of Yorkshire is known throughout the world, the natural harbour has always been a port of refuge during bad weather. Fishing was the original mainstay with boats known as [more…]
Business
Collapse won’t re-set Society, Part One
This morning, you opened your phone and started scrolling. Your screen presented you with the usual updates: the nth wave of covid, the seemingly endless tussle in Ukraine, and all the usual suspects in the [more…]