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Working in Kuwait – Part 2

14th September 2022 well_chuffed 0

During my year and a half stay in Kuwait in the late 1970s the country had two big objectives. Increase the number of Kuwaiti citizens Reduce dependence on oil The population was about 1.5 million [more…]

A Shopping Expedition

13th September 2022 Going Postal 0

AT THE SUPERMARKET I went to a prestigious supermarket near my home town in the south of England today and couldn’t find the aisle displaying butter. A smartly dressed man with a Brand label on [more…]

Is That True Or Did You Hear It On The BBC?

13th September 2022 Going Postal 0

In his latest book, author David Sedgwick quotes the BBC’s own words back it giving the broadcaster nowhere to hide. Cast your minds back a couple of years to the start of the so-called covid-19 [more…]

The Rise and Fall of the Needle Gun 1841-1874

12th September 2022 Tom Pudding 0

The Needle Gun Every once in a while in all fields of engineering there comes along an innovation that so revolutionises the existing technology that it makes long accepted ways of doing things obsolete and [more…]

Meeting The Queen

12th September 2022 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

I have a little anecdote on meeting The Queen. My late father was born in Lewisham, London and was brought up by working class parents in a council estate. After he got demobbed from the [more…]

Samyaza Chapter 22, Israel, London and England

11th September 2022 Blown Periphery 0

Going Home Afarin and Heyfa were in their favourite place, Heyfa’s bed. It was one of those gentle moments where nothing else matters in the whole world, just the two of them. They were saying [more…]

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Fifty-Eight

11th September 2022 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning you lot. When I woke up this morning, I had to think hard to work out what day it was. It felt like Sunday with the lack of noise emanating from the [more…]

Nostalgia Album, Admired From Nevers to Carlisle

10th September 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Admired from Nevers to Carlisle As my grandfather’s Ford 8 made its intrepid conquest of the 7,000ft high Pyrenean pass of Col de Tourmalet during the return trip from Gibraltar to Carlisle, we fell upon [more…]