America
Another disappointing week
In the USA it was all supposed to be habbening, only it didn’t. Over here Starmer is supposed to be toast but he still lingers and the anchor baby was supposed to be facing a [more…]
Blog
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Twenty-Nine
Enjoyed your article SB. I follow these four vlogs: Domaine Sauvage Diego Leon Utube (not the footballer) The Irish Homestead Our Small holding Adventure These are not strictly off-grid but they use some of the [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Two
Monday Good morning, my happy readers. It’s a bit cloudy this morning and I see, according to the forecast, it’s going to rain in London later this morning. Legohead held a presser this morning to [more…]
21st Century
Big Boys’ Rules
In yet another BBC documentary on the subject, a Panorama edition entitled Special Forces: I Saw War Crimes dropped on 12th May and investigated serious allegations against UK Special Forces, in particular the SAS and [more…]
Fiction
The Past is Present, Chapter Seven
Sally suggested they stop at Tesco’s on the way home, “there is nothing fresh in the house, we need bread, milk, juice and food for meals.” Dave reluctantly agreed, Sally phoned Olivia, her best friend, [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1978
Featured song: ELO – Mr Blue Sky 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
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 22nd May 2025 The Panel: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Kieran Mullan (Conservative) Zanny Minton Beddoes (Editor of The Economist) Hashi Mohamed (Barrister and journalist) Inaya Folarin Iman (Journalist) Venue: Dulwich Last time Question Time [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Twelve
Today Jinnie was finally going to go with George to shoot on the Police range at Hendon. It had taken a while to organise. This was mainly because the Police had taken ages to establish [more…]
21st Century
Warfare – Snake style
Puffins that have their ears to the ground (or is it ears to the clouds?) will no doubt be aware of the excellent series of lectures by David Betz which very convincingly argues that we [more…]