20th Century
A Scottish Tragedy
Fifty five years ago, I would have been thirteen, I joined the Scouts, I had been in the Boys Brigade but didn’t like all the marching and keep fit. The 39th Dundee Pack were based [more…]
Blog
Arts
Ocean-to-Ocean, Part 6
In Part 5, we crossed back over the US border into Montana for an overnight stop in Billings. As any regular traveller knows, one should always pack a universal bathplug for those occasions where the [more…]
Human Interest
The Italian Job, Part 12
Sunday morning and it is time to return to the UK with the mission fully accomplished; we checked out of the NH at about 10:00AM and I showed my sister one last time around Zavantem, [more…]
Cooking
A View From (The Shed By) The Greenhouse; A Better Life…..Innit?
We had a bit of a blow up our way last weekend, we didn’t get it quite so bad as other places, so I don’t want to make light of it, but we lost only [more…]
Culture
Loose Women
Details of a letter (1) signed by a wide cross section of an entirely unrepresentative clique of the Aspiring Great and Good Loose Women, accusing the Far Right of jumping on their favourite bandwagon, asylum seekers and [more…]
Fiction
The Slab Hacker’s Lament
‘Good morning citizens, are you alive this morning?,’ came the feverish cry through Waltham’s cochlear receiver. One by one, the machines sputtered and grumbled to life. He felt the familiar vibrations intensify through the thin [more…]
Conservatives
Party Conference Season
We have just finished the Party Conference Season. This lasts for about a month and even though only one Party has an active conference at any time, they all take a month away from their [more…]
Literature
Words – the currency of life and love – Part Two
My two favourite poets are William Butler Yeats and Dylan Marlais Thomas. I have been to each of their graves to pay my respects and toured the house where D.T. was born, also the shed [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred
Monday Good morning, friends. Yet another beautiful, sunny autumn morning, made better by it being empty of politicians here in Number 10. Legohead and his crew have all bugged off to Liverpool for the party [more…]