Computing
Who Does It Think I Am?
“How long are you going to keep this up for?” “I don’t think of myself as a flouncer, plus I don’t read the comments. In it for the duration, I would hope. Change of heart? [more…]
Blog
Fiction
A Price Too High, Chapter Sixteen
When the officers arrived, he introduced himself. He explained what would be taking place. “I will give you a more detailed briefing later.” Sandra handed a sheaf of photographs to Dave, they were all outside [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1975
Featured song: Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody 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
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 27th March 2025 The Panel: Darren Jones (Labour) Richard Holden (Conservative) Daisy Cooper (LibDem) Camilla Tominey (Journalist) Gary Stevenson (Economist) Venue: Dartford Earlier on Question Time Review, 27th March, Dartford: Remember when the [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Four
Jinnie was generally happy with the overall performance of TT SuperBurger (Group) Limited; all the divisions were trading profitably, and the various development plans were all progressing well, with one exception. The one fly in [more…]
Economics
Secret Message in Cantillon’s Essai
Murry Rothbard’s chapter, The Celebrated Adam Smith, in his Economic Thought before Adam Smith begins: Adam Smith … is a mystery in a puzzle wrapped in an enigma. The mystery is the enormous and unprecedented [more…]
20th Century
Desert Mystery: “Letters from a Feldgrau”, Part Five
In Part 4, I recounted how Hans Coutandin had been recovering from his head wound in the Reserve Military Hospital in Lörrach, Germany, had been told that he was to be released and had seen [more…]
Business
How I Got Into Buying Shares
In 1980, I was 30 years old, and Margaret Hilda Thatcher was Prime Minister, having beaten ‘Sunny Jim’ Callaghan at the previous year’s General Election. It was the first year that I thought deeply about [more…]
Cooking
The Rookwood guide to culinary excellence
I don’t know what it is – genetics, environment or culture, but I have always enjoyed cooking and entertaining friends and family. There is nothing as pleasurable or important in my book as blessing guests [more…]