Animals
D’ye laike dags?
The politicians lick our bones, The tacticians, hearts of stone They turn us against our brothers Make us fight and kill each other Locked in lust we put our trust in dogs – Motorhead, “Dogs”. [more…]
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Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 9th April 2020 Panel: Brandon Lewis (Conservative) Rachael Reeves (Labour) Peter Openshaw (Medical Expert) Darren McGarvey (Rapper) Ruby Wax (Celebrity) Venue: Uxbridge A few years ago, I went to watch my local XI [more…]
Arts
Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate. On the panel are: Secretary of state for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis, shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and shadow [more…]
Arts
Across Hubei by HSR
In spring 2013, I travelled by train across China from Guangzhou to Qingdao in the north via Wuhan. This part starts in Wuhan, from where the high-speed rails led northward from Hubei Province and across [more…]
Fiction
The Butcher Began To Kill The Ox, Ch 1
For those new readers who have not yet availed themselves of my first novel, A Coin for the Hangman (available at Amazon as a print or ebook version), I am prefacing this first chapter of [more…]
Fishing
Goin’ fishing
Want to go fishing? OK be down at the harbour for 1.30 a.m. we’ll have got the 1 am forecast, fuelled up, did that before we tied up yesterday, wife organised two tons of ice [more…]
Arts
The 97% Lie
I got so fed up of being told that “97% of scientists believe in Man Made Climate Change” every time someone queries the Global Warming (or whatever it’s being called this week) scam that I [more…]
Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Fifty-Six
Sir Alan stopped his mini pacing. “Just leave now. Vanessa and I will take care of the police. And you can begin your new life of luxury..with one million Europounds in your bank account.” “Just [more…]
Arts
Collecting Paintings
In case the subject is off-putting, it may assist if I give a brief history of my own collection. It became a hobby of middle age. I had very little knowledge of the subject and [more…]