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…]
Blog
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…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille, Part 38
If you’re ever in Atlanta, Georgia, may I recommend the Georgia State Capital Museum? During my time there, Atlanta was the second most violent place in the Union. The actual murder capital of America was, [more…]
Authoritarianism
Hong Kong Protests
Hong Kong in November feels and looks very different than it did in May. The weather is glorious – the wind has changed, the humidity decreased and a very comfortable 25 degrees. But of course [more…]