Democracy
An Alliance of Arrogance
“I was in Alliance” is a euphemism for the hollow ethos of a certain “old school” elite that is totally disconnected from everyday Kenyan society. May 13, 2026 In April of 1963, with Kenya in [more…]
Blog
Diary
A View From (Just Adjacent To) The Greenhouse; King O T’North….Issit?
Over the course of my fortnightly ramblings, my loyal reader may, (or more likely) may not have noticed a growing pile of rotting wood inside a rail fence which sits just outside the shed. It [more…]
America
The Ghetto Mentality Corrupts All of American Society
I “enjoyed” the dubious honor of attending inner city public schools from Kindergarten through high school way back in the fifties and sixties, when attending such schools was relatively safe and the education level was [more…]
Arts
When We Was Fab – 21st Birthday Parties
For my parents generation 21 was the passing into adulthood ( key to the door and all that). Never mind that half of them were married and had kids by then it was a significant [more…]
Arts
Time for the old tin foil hat again
I do so hope you have all got your tin foil hats ready, I am seldom without mine. Whenever I look at YouTube over the past few weeks there are loads of videos about Sumerian [more…]
19th Century
The Scrapbook of Sherlock Holmes, 4/6: The Fulham Poltergeist. Part 2 of 2
Following Holmes’s instructions, the next afternoon I visited the Fulham Road. At its east end, where it forms the boundary between Kensington and Chelsea, it is lined with the white stuccoed houses of the moderately [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Twenty-Eight
Monday Good morning, my friends, from a warm but cloudy Downing Street. After last week’s disastrous by-election for the Government, Legohead has spent the weekend struggling to come to terms with things. He seems to [more…]
Arts
At Home With The Reality TV Influencers
At Home with the Furys is a Netflix reality documentary series following the life of Morecambe-based heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury and his family. The show offers a behind-the-scenes look at Fury’s life outside the ring, [more…]
Fiction
Bombs and Betrayal, Chapter One
Dave sat watching TV, Sally had gone to bed about an hour ago, he was half reading, half watching the TV, it was on the BBC news channel. They had spent the day Christmas shopping, [more…]