Hobbies
Yorkshire Coalfield
It takes a week to cycle from Penzance to Berwick. It took me 40 years. Because on the way, I wanted to include every town in England, in what amounted to some two years of [more…]
Blog
America
He’s Baaack
So………… 20/1/25 was Trump’s inauguration. It was also likely his apotheosis – the vertex of Trumpness, the culmination of years of struggle. It’s hard to believe it could get any more glorious for him than [more…]
19th Century
Bullet Points
Every once in a while I get involved with some project or other relating to my hobby of collecting and shooting antique firearms and while individually these may not justify a separate GP article, I [more…]
America
Working from Home
WFH, or Working From Home, has been with us since the Covid scam and possibly before as Matthew Parris helpfully pointed out recently. Results have been mixed to say the least. Bosses generally don’t like [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings, Part Fourteen
First of all a thank you to all those kind Puffins who have expressed appreciation for my scribblings. I do not comment, I am not on Twatter and for some reason I cannot open the [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Five
Monday It is quite pleasant here in London this morning, no frost for the first time in ages, and some sunny periods. I heard Lee Anderson on the radio this morning. I think it was [more…]
Law
After The Boiling Point
Since G-P covered the issue last year in an article entitled ‘Boiling Point’, new information has come to light regarding the terrorist outrage in Southport after extraordinary events in Liverpool Crown Court this week. Despite [more…]
Fiction
A Price Too High, Chapter Seven
It was 22:30 when he set off for home, it would be another three hours until he was in his bed. He sent a message to Sally saying how late he would be, she replied [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Ivory Cutlery’s Day Off Pt. 3
Greetings pop pickers and please be welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday and another of our fortnightly mastications upon the marshmallowy pillows of musical magnificence. Tonight, dear reader, as we mark both Peanut Butter Day [more…]