On the same day that a national newspaper carried the notice of my wife’s death, the front page had a headline to the effect that ‘Midwife Mistakes’ were responsible for many infant deaths and disabilities; [more…]
We lived together for 16 years yet I hardly know anything about him. He was built like the proverbial brick shit house and all muscle. He never ever laid a finger on me and I [more…]
“TACC brain” by Ioannis N. Athanasiadis is licensed under CC BY 2.0 If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, And the bus is interrupted as a very last resort, And [more…]
It was on Saturday that Mrs. Catcher and I took the train to the imax cinema to see Dunkirk. It is quite a journey so we made a night of it and came back the [more…]
“File:Douglas Murray (2).png” by Elekes Andor is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Much has been made of Douglas Murray’s Strange Death of Europe. I’ve just finished it and present a quick review. Needless to say, [more…]
When Allied forces surrendered Singapore 75 years ago, 80,000 troops became Japanese prisoners of war. For Tony Lucas, thus begun an ordeal that almost broke his body, but could not bow his spirit. It is [more…]
Way-Els – The English words “Wales” and “Welsh” derive from the same Germanic root (singular Walh, plural Walha), which was itself derived from the name of the Celtic tribe known to the Romans as Volcae [more…]
Fauna of Quintana Roo, Yucatán Peninsula. On land along with the tarantulas, scorpions, snakes, iguanas, howler monkeys, agoutis and raccoons. Troops of Coatis (Coatimundi) are one of the more endearing animals to be seen in [more…]
The Inquisitor’s Palace (Maltese: Il-Palazz tal-Inkwiżitur, colloquially tal-Inkisitur) is a palace in Birgu, Malta. It was the seat of the Maltese Inquisition from 1574 to 1798, under the name Palazzo del Sant’Officio. The building was [more…]
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