Biography
Sailing my life away, part 3
Jacques (As You Like it, Act 2 Scene 7) describes seven ages of man. In looking back on my own life I can identify with the first four and, being near the early stages of the [more…]
Blog
History
The End of the British Monarchy?
It grieves me deeply to have to write this piece, I am a staunch monarchist as are my forbears & extended family, I hold the Queen’s Commission as did my father & have written extensively [more…]
Engineering
Cnuteneering, Part 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…]
Biography
Jeremy and Seumas – Resurrection
Slouching wearily in an uncomfortable wooden chair, Seumas Milne stared vacantly at the faded orange Formica clock on the kitchen wall. It read three thirty two. It had read three thirty two since the year [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 36 – Monty’s Story or the Unbearable Lightness of Being… A Cat
Chapter 36 – Monty’s Story or the Unbearable Lightness of Being… A Cat I think you will all agree, that is rather a good portrait of me. It captures the essentials of… Well, being me. [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Sixty Nine
Monday It’s Monday again and I was up bright and early, but it was a bit quiet in the flat. I quickly realised that Bozzie was not to be seen and was not bouncing around [more…]
Arts
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Today is the first Sunday of Advent. It is time to light the first candle. #Hope. O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Thirty One
Sharp elbows approached us across a crowded reception room at the British High Commissioner’s annual bash. Mrs Belinda Wong, of the Wong Address Forwarding Company, myself and my wife, Nicole, wait in anticipation. I’m rather [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 146
Going Postal Crossword 146 “El Krakenador Special Non-Cryptic Quick Clues” Across 1 Speed (11) 8 Boris’s school (4,7) 11 Measurement (4) 12 Shrubbery (4) 13 Government means to suppress news (1-6) 15 Fermented grass (7) [more…]