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Joe Malone, Part Fifty-Three

17th March 2020 Going Postal 0

Vanessa studied him now. Really looked at him. Possibly seeing him for the first time, in the way that I always had. As a devious words twister. An imp, than could spin straw into gold. [more…]

Fred and Doris

17th March 2020 Tachybaptus 0

Doris said, ‘I heard on the BBC that us old folk are going to be confined to barracks because of that virus. They said it’s for our own safety,’ Doris was 83 and her husband [more…]

I had a very disturbing phone call today. A good friend of mine, with an IQ and integrity reaching the outer stratosphere, touched base with me regarding the current SARS-CoV-2 situation. A very considered, thoughtful [more…]

Némésis – Book 3 Part 10

15th March 2020 Blown Periphery 0

Another Time and Another place GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE CHEST Lillian Beate Holmen Gunshot wounds to the chest can be highly lethal. Depending on the injured organ, a large percentage of the patients die before [more…]

Larry’s Diary Week Thirty

15th March 2020 Going Postal 0

Monday Monday morning and it’s breakfast on my own as the gang are still at Chequers. It was another wet and windy weekend courtesy of Storm Dennis. I hear that some of the poor people [more…]

Postcard from Lille Part 55

14th March 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

At the end of a veranda, which separated the novice nun’s dormitory from the school’s basketball court, was a ‘shower’. A pyramid of plastic buckets sat below a tap which part filled them as it [more…]

Crossword No. 109

14th March 2020 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug and keyring! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winners. Tbd. Answers with next week’s [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

13th March 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 12th March 2020 Panel: Steve Barclay (Conservative) Louise Haigh (Labour) Pete Wishart (SNP) Richard Walker (Retailer) Professor John Ashton (Medical Expert) Venue: West Bromwich Your humble reviewer has been to West Bromwich and [more…]

Going Postal with Question Time

12th March 2020 Going Postal 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from West Bromwich. On the panel are: Steve Barclay MP, chief secretary to the treasury, former Brexit secretary under Theresa May [more…]