Arts
Postcard from Lille, Part 9
On a previous trip across the English Channel many years ago, I was returning to England via Calais to Dover on the ferry as a foot passenger. I was sat on deck minding my own [more…]
Blog
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1977
Featured song: Eagles – Hotel California 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. One [more…]
Arts
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review
Question Time 14th March 2019 Panel: Julia Hartley Brewer (journalist. Leaver) James Cleverly (Tory. Leaver – soft wing) Ian Blackford (SNP – Remainer) Clive Lewis (Labour – “on yer knees bitch” Remainer) Catherine Bernard (professor [more…]
Arts
Going Postal with Question Time
Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Ealing. On the panel: James Cleverly MP, deputy chair of the Conservative Party, Conservative; Clive Lewis MP, shadow treasury minister, [more…]
Literature
Joe Malone, Part Seven
Private Investigator, Joe Malone, has been hired by Lady Vanessa Bixby to find her husband, Lord Bixby, a major figure in the Britain-Must-Remain movement. Joe is on his way to meet with the young, blonde, [more…]
19th Century
A Bear’s Diary – Part 12
September 25th, 1809. I write this after our customary afternoon performance, as the scenery is being set up for the opening night of La Vestale. The past few days have been a furious succession of [more…]
Christianity
Moses Gives a Warning
I was reading my bible before bed the other day (I know, I’m a wild man) when I came across a few passages in Deuteronomy which caught my eye. Deuteronomy is the book where Moses [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille, Part 8
I’ve settled myself down in modest but adequate lodgings in Istanbul and get into the habit of a daily stroll just after sun down. It’s a five minute walk down to the Bosphorus where a [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1976
Featured song: ABBA – Dancing Queen 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. One [more…]