Literature
Language today! Progress? No!
I do not know about you all but I am disgusted daily at what passes as normal and correct language. Swear words are the normal. I understand having been many years military and law enforcement [more…]
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Hobbies
Crossword No. 214
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 213 and a GP mug Glazinova (Contact [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Eight – Squeeze
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Eight – Squeeze If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Book Three – Chapter Thirteen
When Jinnie heard that Penny had been selected to go on a Parachute Regiment firearms course she knew that Dirk had been using his influence once again and he had something planned for Penny. Next [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 31st March 2022 The Panel: Maria Caulfield (Conservative) Steve Reed (Labour) Julia Hartley-Brewer (Broadcaster) Zanny Minton Beddoes (The Economist) Ian Blackford (SNP) Venue: Bath This week’s Question Time took place in front of [more…]
20th Century
The Innocent on Everest
Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) The special correspondent doesn’t talk about ‘assignments’. He talks about ‘jobs’. His next ‘job’ may send [more…]
Politics
The Rise of Russian Regional Hegemony
Would that Churchill be still among us A close friend with excellent credentials to discuss international politics and economics recently told me that with possible settlement talks starting between Russia and Ukraine it appears Ukraine [more…]
Arts
Three Men on a Bike, Part One
I suppose it must have been during the 1965 Easter break from the Sixth Form that Bogs, Cough, Pat and myself decided that during the summer months between the AS level exams and the start [more…]
20th Century