Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Five
Jinnie lay in bed listening to the twins chatting to each other through the interconnecting door. She couldn’t hear what they were saying, but she knew it was them and not the TV, as they [more…]
Blog
Politics
Manifestos
Mani effing estos We’ve all seen them, some of us have even read them but what on earth is the point of manifestos these days. The Caledonian Cyclops went to court to prove that they [more…]
Arts
Ocean-to-Ocean, Part 10
The ultimate destination of this Ocean-to-Ocean trip, which started in Southampton six weeks ago, is the small town of Tofino, right on the Pacific Coast of Vancouver Island. It’s not the most westerly point in [more…]
Book Review
Alanbrooke’s War Diaries edited by Arthur Bryant
I never really had a deep interest in WWII, my knowledge was sketchy and based on WWII films. Of course, I had imbibed that Hitler was the devil incarnate and Churchill was a national hero. [more…]
Diary
A View From A Hospital Bed; Folk (Nowt So Queer As Edition)
It’s the waiting that gets to you. I’d arrived, as requested, at 7am and was escorted to a curtained cubicle. The people looking after me, although my needs were minimal at this time, were all [more…]
Politics
Peaked too early?
Reform are at all times high with the latest polls predicting a huge majority and the Conservatives being reduced to just 7 MPs. However, the next election could be some years away (at the time [more…]
Arts
Boudicca Rising and the Age of Artificial Imagination
There’s much talk these days about Artificial Intelligence—our supposed saviour or eventual enslaver. Most of us now realise that much of what’s labelled “AI” is really shorthand for Large Language Models (LLMs): systems capable of [more…]
Economics
Which taxes will go up
The good news is that the brothers and sisters in Labour are going to mount an effort to dislodge Keith. The bad news is that it ain’t gonna work. At least it will give us [more…]
Literature
Words – the currency of life and love – Part Four
Started thinking about Remembrance Sunday which is fast approaching; such a loss of life over the years, so many lives cut short and what have we truly learned? I have my own memories, particularly as [more…]