Fiction
The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 6
It was rather a strange experience for Lance Corporal Jarvis, who had worried that he might be out of his depth in the brigade headquarters. While it was true that he saw very little of [more…]
Blog
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Seventy Nine
Monday Well, it did snow here yesterday, but not much and most of it melted. I did pop out but not for long, unlike the Mutt snow is not for me, he can go and [more…]
Book Review
Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War Part 2
Pericles’ Funeral Oration and the Great Plague of Athens In Part 1 of this series of articles about what is widely regarded as the greatest surviving piece of ancient historical writing, I tried to sketch [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Forty One
Miss Williams’s accommodations resembled a hotel room rather than an apartment, and a middle-market one at that. Its attraction was location, location, location rather than size, furnishings and decor. That location was the seventh floor [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 156
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 Winners of a GP mug 155 – Tbd. Answers with [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – Albums 1977
Featured Album: Fleetwood Mac – Rumours This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year and the [more…]
20th Century
Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Four
Thursday came around quite slowly for Jinnie as she was anxious to hear more. She had seen Ethel on a couple of her visits to the residential home since the last “whist” night, but she [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 4th February 2021 Panel: Oliver Dowden (Conservative) Thangam Debbonaire (Labour) Dr Wanda Wyporska (Equality Trust) Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones (Farmer) Professor Robin Shattock (Immunologist) Venue: London On last week’s all-female Question Time, men were excluded [more…]
Arts
Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents another hour of BBC programming from around the UK. On the panel are: Oliver Dowden MP, secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Conservative; [more…]