19th Century
I never meant to write a novel
Today A Bear’s Diary is published as a hardback. It has been available as an ebook for a couple of months. It’s a shortish novel at 65,000 words, decorated with old engravings which give it [more…]
Going Postal
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Wankpuffin – Isolation Mix
More Wankpuffin videos here. © EJ 2020
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The Wisdom of Charlotte: Be Seeing You
I have been a fan of the cult sixties television series, The Prisoner, since it was re-shown in the Eighties. It fascinated me and fired up my intellectual reasoning like no other show I had [more…]
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Brewery Bash 2020 – Post Mortem
A big thank you to all those who contributed to making the bash what it was this year, to those who came and those who couldn’t make it but supported the event anyway. I believe [more…]
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Big Bash 2020
Dates 9th – 14th July I may have a couple of rooms available at the Gate Hangs High. First come first served. Management has changed again. For those that like the outdoors many of us [more…]
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A Sub Par Sub Editor
In recent times, SwissBob (PBUH) has prevailed on me to do some of the laying up of articles from you fine puffins. Yea verily his guidance is gospel and must be followed. No doubt I [more…]
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Britain under lockdown
In the space of a few weeks, the Overton window has been moved so far to the left, it has shattered. Whereas before teh virus, the left were only talking about refusing treatment to smokers and [more…]
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Book Review: The Throwback by Tom Sharpe
Some books can influence the way we view the world, perhaps we read them at a particularly impressionable time in our lives. Perhaps when we are young or going through some form of major crisis [more…]
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Septic Eye – China Murders the World Pullout Special (free gift inside)
Readers fresh to GP may not be aware but I produced a stunning series some while ago, exclusively for the discerning readers of this blog (the others, you know who you are, mostly ignored it). [more…]