Hobbies
Crossword No. 180
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a choice of GP authored book. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 179 and a GP [more…]
Blog
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Two – Elvis Presley
If I get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Five
It was one of those beautiful autumn days. The sun was flooding into Jinnie’s bedroom and the air coming through the open window was pleasantly warm. She listened to the radio for a while and [more…]
Arts
GB News Review
GB News 22nd July 2021 Present: Ian Wright (Food and Drinks Confederation) Pierre-Henri Duman (Republican MP for Calais) Peter Marx (Late-night venue operator) Monty Panesar (Retired cricketer) Venue: Farage Your humble author was thrilled to [more…]
Animals
Cnuteneering, Part Twenty Four
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…]
20th Century
Behind the Bamboo Curtain, Part Three
My uncle was a staff reporter for the Manchester Evening News from the late 1940s until his death in 1973. The following is from a series of articles in which he describes his extensive visit [more…]
Computing
A Simple R6G Dye Laser – Part 2
Lamp Light And Laser Light Pulsed lasers, like this, use an intense burst of white light (lasting fractions of a second) to stimulate the electrons in the laser’s gain medium. In the above photo you [more…]
Arts
Cruisin’ with Mr Covid
Cruising usually gets the eye-roll treatment from Puffinry, but Larry the Cat has an interest, so there. Mrs B and I seized the opportunity for a change of scenery. At certain points in your life [more…]
Biography
Sailing my life away, part 19
RESPONSE TO COMMENTS ON PART 17 There were some great comments on Part 17 so thanks to every-one for that. There are two in particular and one question I’d like to pick out and reproduce. I [more…]