20th Century
Nostalgia Album, A New Posting
Fair Winds And a Following Sea This time on Nostalgia Album we are enjoying a new posting to a place where the White Ensign no longer flies. If in last week’s unread comments below the [more…]
Blog
Hobbies
Crossword No. 227
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 226 and a GP mug CG (Contact [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Fifty-One – The Rat Pack
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…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Twenty-Eight
The Mercedes stopped at the barrier to the airport and unloaded Jinnie and Penny. Simone hugged them both and said her goodbyes. Jinnie kissed little Juliette and said she would see her soon. Juliette said, [more…]
Arts
Always Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 14th July 2022 The Panel: Bim Afolami (Conservative) Chris Bryant (Labour) Minette Batters (NFU) Mary Bousted (NEU) Olivia Utley (Daily Telegraph) Venue: Torquay One of the Berkshire Afolami’s, Bim’s hard-up NHS worker parents [more…]
Arts
Golf in the Kingdom
I’ve played the eternally fascinating, stupid golf game since I was a lad. Played to a decent standard & been lucky enough to tee it up at almost all of the courses in the “Top [more…]
Economics
Private property rights under siege – Part II
An astonishing acceleration Even though the downhill trajectory we saw over the last decades in terms of property rights was bad enough, nothing could have ever prepared us for what the covid crisis would bring. [more…]
20th Century
Celebrating The World’s Longest Serving Monarch
The recent Jubilee bank holiday weekend provided an opportunity to pause for thought and consider the service rendered by the world’s oldest and longest-serving monarch and head of state. No, not her. She gets enough [more…]
Conservatives
Boris Johnson’s guarantee
Even an old cynic like me was taken aback when the fat Turk came out with his “I want to stay a few more weeks to continue implementing our manifesto.” Firstly can I introduce you [more…]