Arts
Tin Foil Hat – Final Part 3
This has got to be the final part of the Tin Foil Hat thereby creating a trilogy. There is only so much both you and I can stand. Keeping the usual caveats in mind, let’s [more…]
Blog
19th Century
The Scrapbook of Sherlock Holmes, 6/6: The Giant Rat of Sumatra. Part 1 of 2
In a record of one of our previous cases, to which I gave the somewhat lurid title ‘The Sussex Vampire’, my friend described the episode of the so-called Giant Rat of Sumatra as something ‘for [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Thirty
Monday Good morning, my lovely readers, and my, was it hot when I went out this morning. I got back and my duty feeder had put my Felix in my bowl, so I scoffed it [more…]
20th Century
So…What’s Going Postal good for? (Part 2)
Following on from Part 1………………… BB replied to me thus : Dear DJM Thank you for your kind reply. Your work is remarkable. Like you, I believe these photos are historical documents in their own right. [more…]
Fiction
Bombs and Betrayal, Chapter Three
The train was packed with no chance to talk, it wasn’t until they were home, he relayed the conversation before they left. Sally also wondered if they had been told the full truth. While Sally [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – Albums 1963
Featured Album: Please Please Me – The Beatles This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 4th June 2026 The Panel: Andy Burnham (Labour) Michael Winstanley (Conservative) Robert Kenyon (Reform UK) Jake Austin (Liberal Democrat) Sarah Wakefield (Green Party) Venue: Makerfield As ever, the dullard of the family is [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Thirty-Three
The Delta stewardess on the hop from New York whispered into Jinnie’s ear, “Dame Jinnie, the pilot has just received a message to say the military will meet you and your sister on the airbridge [more…]
20th Century
So…What’s Going Postal good for? (Part 1)
Recently I received out of the blue an email, (forwarded by the inimitable AWS) from a fulminating Frenchman. He’d come across an article of mine on GP from 2022 – The Family at War four parter [more…]