Hobbies
Crossword No. 163
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a copy of A Bear’s Diary, War Crimes or The Unseen Path. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner [more…]
Blog
20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1984
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1984 Featured Album: Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will [more…]
20th Century
Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Eleven
Willie dropped Jinnie off a few hundred metres from the apartment. A quick glance at her watch told her that it was nearly 01:30. Despite the fact, she had dressed warm as had been suggested, [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 25th March 2021 Panel: Andrew RT Davies (Conservative) Vaughan Gething (Labour) Adam Price (Plaid Cmyru) Nigel Owens (Rugby referee) Baroness Fox of Buckley (Former Brexit Party MEP) Venue: Wales Tonight, Question Time returns [more…]
Arts
The Wisdom of Charlotte: Review – The Magician
Last year, as a birthday present to myself, I purchased a copy of “The Magician” on DVD. I had never seen the series, outside of a mention in the X-Files, until I found someone had [more…]
History
Still in business, after all these years
I don’t know how fast you can cycle from Land’s End to Berwick. I dare say there will be a few people who have done it in two or three days, or even 24 hours. [more…]
Economics
Going for Gold – Part 3
Britannia has a long and established presence on our nation’s coins; first appearing on coins from the Roman era. In AD119 Emperor Hadrian introduced a number of coins that depicted a female figure who personified [more…]
Arts
Postcard From November, Part 2
Happy Birthday to Me My birthday is November 4th and as a child my main memory of it was always of my parents laying on a party for my friends who all turned up bearing [more…]
20th Century
A Kinder, Gentler Nazism?
Their neighbours in the luxury apartment block on the swanky Prinzregentenplatz in Munich knew that the couple in Flat 16 had a volatile relationship. What was less clear was the nature of that relationship. He [more…]