20th Century
Disaster at Munich
Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) A good reporter must be impersonal. He must write the story as he finds it, without [more…]
Blog
Fiction
The Colombian Sojurn – Chapter 29
Bogota He drove to his hotel and during the journey, Rivera was quiet, contemplating the awfulness of her predicament. Only one person could save her and he said very little as they went through the [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Thirty Five
Monday Morning people, it’s another week and I have to buckle down and sort out a few tales for you all. Bozzie is expecting two visitors to No 10 today, the Dutch PM who is [more…]
20th Century
Nostalgia Album, Part Seven
Last time on Nostalgia Album we became concerned about Ernestine, my great-aunt by marriage, who at first glance had moved on, relocating to Lancaster, after her husband had been killed in the First War (as [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 212
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 211 and a GP mug Hooker (Contact [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Six – Otis Redding
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 Eleven
When it came time to leave for Heathrow Jinnie said Goodbye to Larry and told him that she would be back in a few days and that he would be OK as Paolo and Penny [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 17th March 2022 The Panel: Suella Braverman (Conservative) Wes Streeting (Labour) Max Hastings (Historian) Rev Richard Coles (Broadcaster) Lesia Vasylenko (Ukrainian MP) Venue: Kettering Max Hugh McDonald Hastings was educated privately at Charterhouse [more…]
20th Century
What did you do in the war grandad?
This is the brief story of my grandad and his part in the war. Here is a picture of George with who we think is his grandmother in the early 1900s. George Gilfoyle was born [more…]