20th Century
I Could Have Worked For The BBC
I could have worked for the BBC. Yes, I know that sounds preposterous, but actually it’s true! I could have worked for the BBC, and by now would be a retired executive on a very [more…]
Blog
Physics
Three Gyroscopes – Part 1
Introduction I woke up one morning thinking, “I’ll write a few articles for GP about the gyroscope. How hard can that be?”. Hmm… Well it turns out that that was a really stupid idea. Are [more…]
Arts
Cognitive Dissonance? Conspiracy?
As a long term number cruncher in the field of investment management & life assurance & pension mortality data I am constantly amazed how long journalists, politicians, academics & scientists on the public payroll can [more…]
Fiction
The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 15
St Juan de Pasto Main Operating Base Edge was getting drunk. They all were. Rivera heard their cheering and whooping from the command tent and Martinez smiled at her. “Boys will be boys,” he said [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Twenty Three
Monday Morning everybody and it’s another freezing one. There was a heavy frost this morning so I rushed down the garden and rushed back again for my breakfast before my paws got cold. I always [more…]
20th Century
Mystery Album, Part Thirteen
In the previous episode of Mystery Album, we visited Gotland, gateway to the Baltic and Sweden’s largest island, which lies 100 miles south of Stockholm and 225 miles northeast of Malmo. The above near century-old [more…]
America
Navy SEAL death a true tragedy
To be a successful soldier, you must know history. George S. Patton Jr. Last Saturday in Virginia a Navy SEAL Commander fell to his death from a helicopter he was fast roping down from. [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 200
Thank you Swiss Bob and all you Postalliers for putting up with my madness and filth two hundred times on Saturday mornings. Today, as well as the regular cryptic clues, there are eleven politicians to [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Twenty-Two – Meatloaf
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 tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not be [more…]