Animals
Larry’s Dairy Week Fifty Eight
Monday I made a very early morning patrol of the offices this morning and spotted Mickey the Mouse out of his hiding place, but he disappeared behind a huge cupboard, through a gap that was [more…]
Blog
Arts
The Swaling, Part Twenty
Myself and my duplicitous American colleague, Tammy, are in Tangiers. Becoming a familiar sight about the port, we are starting to attract the attention of a Tangier set. A semi-anonymous caller, passing as a ‘Mr [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 135
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 Last week’s winner. 134 – Blackfritz. Answers with next week’s [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1996
A History of Pop Music – 1996 Firstly, apologies for the rather long delay between these music articles. Normal service will now be resumed. This is a series of articles looking at pop music [more…]
18th Century
How the 1st Duke of Wellington dealt with civil and other serpents
You asked for it, dear Puffins! So here it is: another piece on one of my favourite subjects, the 1st D of W – this time about how he dealt with civil and other serpents. [more…]
America
A Brit Using Handguns in the States
My father was trained as a sharp shooter, not quite a sniper but somewhere between that and a regular soldier. Exhibiting better than average shooting accuracy with a strong sense of fieldcraft (as he did) [more…]
19th Century
Holography, Part Four
Holograph Examples The PFG-01 holographic film that I’ve used in the examples below is ideally suited to making transmission holograms but it can also be used to make reflection holograms. Reflection Holograms One of the [more…]
20th Century
The Desert War – September 1940
80 years ago this month things started hotting up. The Italians invaded Egypt and there was a fair bit of action at sea. On the 5th 6 Blenheims and 6 Hurricanes arrived in crates at [more…]
Arts
Der Führer Speaks to the Nation
Ed. Boris Johnson, ruler by diktat, follower of science – those masks really work you know, decrees arbitrary imprisonment for the English population again, even though no one is dying anymore and the pandemic, if [more…]