Fiction
The Past is Present, Chapter Sixteen
Out of the Home Office, they stood on the pavement. “Dave, they want you, what are you going to do?” “I will help them all I can, our home is in Loughborough, I’m not moving, [more…]
Blog
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Friday – Chastity Bumgardener’s Dub Reggae Corner
Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends. This week we shall metaphorically whip out our king size Rizlas, skin up (on a suitable album cover, of course), inhale deeply and take a [more…]
Internet
You Mean, The Government Uses Actors?
So, the government uses actors. Why not? Dave Prowse, most famous for playing Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, dressed up as Green Cross Code Man in an information film and encouraged youngsters [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Twenty-One
Over the next few days, loan staff started to arrive in Tampa as they got their visa applications approved. Jed and Ro arrived two days after Monica had collected her Range Rover and got the [more…]
Elections
Reform’s new clothes
Ever since that rogue Bill Clinton came up with his triangulation thing there has been a consensus in British politics that you have to occupy the centre ground to have any chance of winning an [more…]
Literature
Postcard from Thailand Part II
04-05 January We had left Heathrow on 2nd January, arriving in Bangkok in the afternoon of the 3rd – our first full day in Thailand would therefore be the 4th which just so happened to [more…]
Human Interest
The Italian Job, Part 1
The story of a Road Trip to give the late Mrs F a perfect send off after her unexpected departure from this world and what I wanted to do to give her the perfect send [more…]
20th Century
An (Algaes’ Eye) View From The Greenhouse; An Civil Society….Innit?
I may have mentioned (I could check back, but I can’t be bothered) that we had an early harvest of small, not very tasty and far from sweet strawberries, following the early warm spell back [more…]
Health
What’s special about special needs?
The Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson, has promised a statement on Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) in the autumn. The driver is largely money. Local authorities have retained financial responsibility for SEND [more…]