Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Ninety Seven
Monday What a beautiful morning, at long last it is beginning to look like summer is here. I reckon Bozzie has the luck of the Devil. It has been a rotten month and the day [more…]
Blog
20th Century
Book Review: Mani, Travels in the Southern Peloponnese by Patrick Leigh-Fermor
It is no secret that I absolutely love the writing of Patrick Leigh-Fermor, a man whose life would have been wonderfully interesting even if he had never published a word. I sketched out something of [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Fifty Nine
Myself, Natasha Williams and a borrowed pushchair bound toddler called Jakey are on a bench in a rain-soaked Battishill Road Gardens in London’s Islington. We are disguised as a young family while having a secret [more…]
America
Ashli Babbitt – Remember her name
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 174
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 173 and a GP mug Glazinoa (Do [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1995
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1995 Featured Album: Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to 1999. Just cannot go on [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Twenty One
Joey’s Challenger 2 trundled down Potters Bar High Street followed by the other two tanks of his troop and the mixed bag of APCs and IFVs. Quite a lot of people were lining the pavements [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 10th June 2021 Panel: Gillian Keegan (Conservative) Lucy Powell (Labour) Kavita Oberoi (Businesswoman) Yanis Varoufakis (Economist & politician) Frank Luntz (Pollster) Venue: London & Greece Now that his teeth are better, your reviewer [more…]
Hobbies
The Clay is the Thing, Part Four
In the first three parts we looked at what it takes to get into clay shooting, how to progress and where it may lead. I touched a little in each article on what goes on [more…]