Arts
Cruising on again
Last year, in the spirit of the series of travelogue postcards often presented on this site, I wrote first timer’s guide to going on a cruise. The one in question was a TUI/Marella cruise around [more…]
Blog
Mathematics
Going Round in Circles
Or : Multiplying by . The beginning of complex numbers is often attributed to Cardano (1501 – 1576). Complex numbers provide a solution to the equation . They are an extension of the number system [more…]
Fiction
Némésis – Part 9
Ash Shaddadi, the Syrian Governorate of Al Hasakha, December 2017 Ellis raised his carbine to kill the man who had dropped the grenade. It was a futile gesture because in the confined space of the [more…]
Literature
Larry’s Diary Week One
Tuesday Now that that nasty old woman has decided to go I’ve made up my mind to start recording my thoughts on living in Downing Street with the new residents. You might have noticed that I [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille, Part 28
At 5227 San Augustin Street, Makati City, after dark, there were no yellow ribbons for me nor a line of concerned people praying and clutching the rosary. A maid answers the door and looks surprised rather than [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 81
Special Prize! First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP clock! (Batteries included, some self-assembly required – the hands) Email entries to me by 6.00 pm tomorrow subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email [more…]
Arts
Meet Markos Vamvakaris (“Mark Cotton”) – Patriarch of Rebetiko
Some things are not quite what they seem: hardly an earth-shattering perception, but you have to start somewhere. I imagine that a fair number of GPers have spent a holiday in Greece. I dare say [more…]
Book Review
Book Review: The Unseen Path by JD de Pavilly
They say that Freddie Forsyth is happy to review any new written work. The caveat being that, if after half an hour he is bored or confused, the soft bits (that’s your or my great [more…]
Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Twenty-Seven
Private Investigator Joe Malone has discovered a body, crushed in the basement of his office building. The body is identifiable as missing Lord, Politician. Campaigner, remainer and husband, Marmon-Herrington Bixby. As Malone pondered what to [more…]