Arts
Postcard from Lille, Part 4
We are a family group en route to the near continent travelling by first class train to London. It’s November and the English countryside is touched by frost and gentle mist. As we head south, [more…]
Blog
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – 1971
Featured song: Slade: Cuz I Love You This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it. [more…]
Arts
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review
Richard Burgon (Labour Remainer and prolific exhaler of hot air – from both ends) Gina Miller (Busybody Remainer) Helen Whately (Tory Remainer and recipient of Saudi Arabian largesse) Camilla Tominey (DT deputy editor and Leaver) [more…]
Arts
Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Lincoln. On the panel are vice chair for women of the Conservative Party, wimmin’z list Helen Whately MP, shadow justice secretary and shadow chancellor [more…]
Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Two
This tale is in the near future. The United Kingdom has left and not left the European Union. The country is united by division. Everything is just like it is today, only more so. The [more…]
19th Century
Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Four
Introduction Every month my gun club holds a guest day when members can bring along friends and family to ‘have a go’ with their firearms. Maybe it’s because we were raised on a diet of [more…]
19th Century
A Bear’s Diary – Part 7
May 6th, 1809 We are part of a regular army again, pressing on to confront the French. I must confess that my old bones are aching from the furious pace of our advance. Jem is [more…]
Authoritarianism
Remainers Didn’t Know What They Were Voting For
How often do we hear the tired refrain that leave voters didn’t know what they were voting for? Certain options were not on the ballot paper, usually followed by an insult to our intelligence. But [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille, Part 3
After a gap of many decades I’m setting off by train to visit the near continent. Some of my family are coming with me and as a special surprise treat I’ve booked first class seats [more…]