Cooking
Christmas Cake – Part II
Back in October (before Goldman Sachs Sunk became PM), part 1 of the 2022 Christmas Cake creation was published, see here. Since then our new leader has shown himself to be nothing more than another [more…]
Blog
Economics
Economic Consequences of Demented Leadership
The woes we face are not theoretical. They are real, and worsen by the day. Very few members of the public really understand their causes, still less what can be done to reverse the decline. [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Epilogue – 2017, No Time to Mope
Some violence. Afarin Khan looked at herself in the mirror and sure enough, an old lady stared back at her. She picked at her hair and felt her joints that told her she was getting [more…]
Arts
MSM compliance
One of today’s conundrums, hinted at in my Elected Lords article is the supine compliance of the MSM with what appears to be all the woke nonsense. For the poor lefties who don’t know what [more…]
20th Century
Washerwomen by Lake Lugano
Taking a look at the map, our redoubtable Ford Popular must have continued its 1954 road trip along the valley from St Moritz heading southwest towards the border whereupon it, and my father and grandfather, [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 246
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a book of your choice (subject to T&Cs) & a mug! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of [more…]
20th Century
My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Twelve – Genesis
After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop. These are those groups or artists [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 8th December 2022 The Panel: Guy Opperman (Conservative) Lucy Powell (Labour) Patrick Grant (Fashion designer) Isabel Oakeshott (Journalist) Stewart Hosie (SNP) Venue: Bishop Auckland An unlikely boulevardier, Mr Hosie has suffered a sex [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Book Four – Chapter Twenty-One
Jinnie got the expected summons to see ‘C’ in the middle of the following morning. Emma smiled as she entered the outer office and pointed at the Daily Express on her side table and said, [more…]