Business
Plain Truths Need Repetition
“The Government has a duty to the next generation to build more homes” – reads a recent headline, quoting the Housing Minister, whose choice of words masks his preferred role, which is to get out [more…]
Blog
Arts
Mobile Phones in Schools, Friend or Foe?
So the utterly lacklustre Education Minister , Gavin Williamson a man with a personality that could challenge that of a stone and lose, has decided to ban mobile phones in schools. Well, I suppose you [more…]
Fiction
The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 26
Insurgencies differ in their use of tactics and methods. In a 2004 article, Robert R. Tomes spoke of four elements that “typically encompass an insurgency”: 1. cell-networks that maintain secrecy 2. terrorism used to foster [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred
Monday A happy Monday morning to all you wonderful readers of my little musings. When I started updating you humans on my escapades and what I hear around the corridor of power nearly two years [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Episode Sixty Two
I’m in the lobby of an Islington apartment block. Natasha has directed me and my ward, a wet and dripping pushchair containing a toddler called Jakey, to the lift. Too small for the three of [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 177
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a choice of GP authored book. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 176 and a GP [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1998
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1998 Featured Album: Life Thru a lens – Robbie Williams This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to 1999. Just cannot go on that [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Two
Professor Dirk Scholz asked politely if he could sit down. Jinnie saw he was standing awkwardly and said, “Yes, of course.” Dirk put both his crutches into one hand, pulled out a chair with the [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 1st July 2021 Panel: David Davis (Conservative) Andy Burnham (Labour) Chika Russell (Businesswoman) Madelaine Grant (Daily Telegraph) Benjamin Zephaniah (Writer) Venue: London Question one touched upon Boris’s non-sacking of Matt Handcock. David Davis [more…]