Arts
Artwork in my Home – Part Two
Following on from my highly successful part 1 (who am I kidding?) part 2 of this series looks at more pictures in my home. I previously mentioned that my sister studied art at university and [more…]
Blog
20th Century
The most dangerous man in Europe
Otto Skorzeny was mentioned the other day and in the process of investigating something else I stumbled across his story. What a lad, his fearsome reputation didn’t quite match up to reality. He was in [more…]
Health
Dancing on graves
That virus Well. There seems so much to question, from why Professor Ferguson was seen as sufficiently credible to shut the country down, to the published stats on numbers of people catching it and the [more…]
Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Sixty-Three
Ch 63 – You Have Been Watching.. Vanessa drove up along the new road of Ealing Common. The dawn was up now and New BBC, Ealing was clearly visible. It was a low structure. Just [more…]
Business
I’m not paying that!
For at least 30 years, I’ve been a bit of a haggler. If I need something, I generally go to a shop – I prefer a small shop, ask the price and if it is [more…]
20th Century
A Passenger’s Tale
How it all began Not long after our new neighbours Ernie and Maisie Allen moved in next door, my wife and I were invited to join them and a group of their friends for drinks [more…]
Authoritarianism
Hong Kong: Corona Virus, Conspiracy and Control
Hong Kong has apparently had a ‘good’ corona virus pandemic. Cases reported at a little over 1000 are, for a densely populated area of 8 million, modest. The four deaths arising from this very small [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 9 – Edge, Figures on a Landscape
War Crimes Chapter 9 Don’t—don’t—don’t—don’t—look at what’s in front of you. (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin’ up an’ down again); Men—men—men—men—men go mad with watchin’ ’em, An’ there’s no discharge in the war ! Much meaningful business within the [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Forty
Monday Yo! Bozzie’s home; He got back early yesterday evening and marched in like his old self, it may be my imagination, but his voice sounds a bit huskier. The bloody Mutt went potty, rushing [more…]