Biography
Sailing my life away, Part 25
Dear Readers, I plan to leave Alchemi in Stornaway for the duration of this article and take you on another trip in the Time Machine. Those who join me will flit forwards over [more…]
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20th Century
Literature
Coronation Street
Scene: The Rovers Return. The Snug. Sometime in the run up to Christmas 1967. Minnie: Eeeeew, Ena, do wind up your face. I’ve never sin thee looking so mardy in a long while. Ena: I’ll [more…]
Authoritarianism
When Suppliers Prefer Their Goods to Our Pounds
Following his interview with Vladimir Lenin on the subject of inflation in 1919, John Maynard Keynes quoted the Russian as having said “The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch its currency”, [more…]
Collecting
Going for Gold – Part 9
As well as buying precious metals for their intrinsic value there are many people who collect coins, bars and other items and pay far more than their value in weight because of a perceived value [more…]
Fiction
The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 6
Edge came out of the ablution tent and saw Rivera talking to the pilot, on the far side of the aircraft standing. She was facing him and he waved, but whether she didn’t see him [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Fourteen
Monday Gosh, it was wet when I woke up, but it’s lovely and sunny now. I hope it stays this way for an afternoon snooze. Bozzie was sniggering at breakfast about being called scum. I [more…]
20th Century
Mystery Album, Part Four
Having exhausted the train photographs to the middle of our mystery album, with care we shall turn its century-old leaves to the front. Those locomotive photos were from 1925, therefore the next set of reproductions [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 191
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 190 and a [more…]