Politics
What Happened to British Trade Unions?
As a confirmed libertarian you might expect I am hostile to the concept of trade unions. Not at all. It is very libertarian to form a group to bargain with employers for better pay & [more…]
Blog
Fiction
The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 11
The modern government buildings were located in a new office block off the Avenida Calle 82. Edge was one of the first to arrive and found it shut, so they decamped to a coffee house [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Nineteen
Monday Morning everyone, I’m sure you will be happy for me enjoying a weekend of peace and quiet without the humans. The Dreamies Girl was in this morning and has left the radio on low [more…]
20th Century
Remembrance Sunday
Illustrating the Apocalypse: Goodbye Old Man Address to Legion lunch 5th June 1994 at the Jameson Hotel Just an Ordinary Jack Tar? The Place where Trust died The Merchant Navy Boy A Medic with 130 [more…]
20th Century
Mystery Album, Part Nine
Last time on Mystery Album we discovered that our mystery family were enjoying a fishing holiday at the village of Gunnersdale’s Kings Arms hostelry in Swaledale. Given the state of the dry stone walls and [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 196
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a book to the value of £20. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 195 and a [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Eighteen –The Kinks
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 Two, Chapter Twenty One
Just over a week after her meeting with the PM Jinnie realised that things were starting to happen. She had put the radio on to listen to the morning news while making her favourite soft [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 11th November 2021 The Panel: Lee Rowley (Conservative) Lucy Powell (Labour) Emma Pinchbeck (CEO of Energy UK) Tom Newton Dunn (Political Commentator) Alastair Campbell (Former Press Secretary) Venue: Hartlepool First question, do you [more…]