Hobbies
Crossword No. 178
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 177 and a GP [more…]
Blog
20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1999
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1999 Featured Album: The Party Album – Vengaboys This is the last in a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to 1999. Just cannot go on [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Three
Following Dirk’s explanation of his injuries, escape from Germany and new position as a recruiter for the SIS, Jinnie wanted to know why he was telling her and how he knew she was starting a [more…]
Arts
GB News Review
GB News 8th July 2021 Present: Rebecca Reeve (No idea) Andrew Doyle (Comedian) Constantin Kisin (Comedian and Political Commentator) Richard Tice (The Reform Party) AN Other (Also captioned as Richard Tice) Megyn Kelly (‘US Media [more…]
America
Brit hand gun shooting skills
In my previous two articles – I’ve talked about how one might approach enjoying gun range time in the States and outlined my first range experiences in that wonderful country. In short, armed with a [more…]
20th Century
Behind the Bamboo Curtain, Part One
My uncle was a staff reporter for the Manchester Evening News from the late 1940s until his death in 1973. The following is from a series of articles in which he describes his extensive visit [more…]
Computing
Welcome once more to Dingleberry
We return once more to the land of the lost and weary traveller that is Dingleberry, a curious place of indeterminate location, populated entirely by people who wish they were somewhere else but are unable [more…]
Computing
Cnuteneering, Part Twenty Two
Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in: Part [more…]
Collecting
Pocket Torches
Following on from my article on pocket knives, here is one on my pocket torch collection. As with the knife article, I will focus on form and function rather than a lot of technical information. [more…]