Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Thirty-Eight
Joe Malone was arranging his exit from the UK via a People Smuggler he’d met in the cafe. I was just about to seal the deal, when a deep voice from just behind me exclaimed [more…]
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Arts
Medlar Jelly
Ingredients 2.5 kg ripe medlars 600g unripe medlars 3 small unripe apples or 20 crab apples 3 lemons 3 litres water 1.5 kg granulated sugar Pinch of saffron 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon 2 ground cloves [more…]
Arts
Cancel Your Telly Tax Now
My previous articles on this site describing how I have stopped paying the Telly Tax for 10 years have been relatively benign and within a strict legal paradigm, much to the relief of Swiss Bob, [more…]
Biography
Confessions of a Legitimate Bastard
Some of you will be expecting this article to be based around instructions on how to be an absolute, grade 1, greasy shit. Looking at the state of the UK over past few decades, there [more…]
Authoritarianism
I Do Not Want To Spoil The Party
Wiki: Overton_window An Introduction to the Overton Window of Political Possibility There have been some impressive and heated election debates here and on other political blogs in the past few days. The merits of strategic [more…]
20th Century
The Place where Trust died
Dedicated to all those who have served & those still serving. 19,000 British soldiers died on July 1st 1916, the first day of the Somme campaign. As well as marking and recording existing graves, the [more…]
Fiction
Némésis – Book 2 Part 5
Permanent Joint Headquarters, Northwood, North London – Thursday 1st February 2018 Cécile was driven from RAF High Wycombe with COS Ops, his outer office bag carrier and an MT Driver. They left the A40 before [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Eleven
Monday Up early to go on vermin patrol before Breakfast. I understand Bozzie’s off to visit yet another hospital, this time in a place called Watford. I really don’t know how many hospitals he’s visited [more…]
20th Century
The Merchant Navy Boy
Some of you may recall that I have been trying to claim my deceased father’s WW2 medals as a Merchant Navy seaman. It has taken a year and with a great deal of help from [more…]