Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Ninety
Monday Gosh, when I woke up it was snowing. I hate snow. Fortunately, it did lay or last within an hour it turned to rain, which I also hate, but not as much as snow! [more…]
Blog
Book Review
Book Review: Arthur & the Lost Kingdoms by A Moffat
My review of John Morris’ The Age of Arthur caused quite a stir and clearly there remains much interest in the British Dark Ages, and especially in the thorny issue of Arthur and his existence. [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Fifty Two
Myself and Davies were sat on a hilltop (the flat limestone pavement type) in our bivvys and sleeping bags, squashed together for warmth. We faced towards the coast. At the horizon, a flat sea was [more…]
Authoritarianism
Puffins March For Freedom!
During the pandemic, coronavirus legislation has been enacted giving sweeping powers to the authorities which infringe upon our human rights, despite their being passed with no proper parliamentary scrutiny. Do we still live in a [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 167
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 166 and a GP mug IN LIKE [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1988
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1988 Featured Album: Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Fourteen
Jinnie walked down the slope from the northbound platform to the tunnel under the lines at Potters Bar Station. At the bottom, she turned right to the car park where her dad had said he [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 22nd April 2021 Panel: Douglas Ross (Conservative) Anas Sarwar (Labour) Keith Brown (SNP) Willie Rennie (LibDem) Lorna Slater (Green) Venue: Edinburgh If British politics is a Westminster village then Scottish politics is a [more…]
Animals
Cnuteneering, Part Fourteen
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…]