Arts
Three Men on a Bike, Part Two
You will recall that we three intrepid cyclists, Cough, Pat and my good self, had landed in Blangy sur Bresle, a small village on the border of Picardy and Normany on the second night of [more…]
Arts
20th Century
The Crime Reporter, Part 2
Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) When people think of the crime reporter they associate him inevitably with the hurly-burly of Fleet [more…]
20th Century
The Reimagining of Nora Baker
Nora Baker was born in Moscow on New Years’ Day 1914. Her mother was Ora Ray Baker, an American from Albuquerque, New Mexico. During her peripatetic early years, Nora was raised in London’s Bloomsberry and [more…]
20th Century
Nostaglia Album, Part Ten
At the end of the Second War, my father’s cousin Anne and her mother travelled to Malta to join her father Rob who was a Royal Navy foreman in Malta’s Grand Harbour dockyards. They lodged [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Nine – Duran Duran
If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not be [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 7th April 2022 The Panel: Gregg Hands (Conservative) Emily Thornberry (Labour) Justin Welby (Archbishop of Canterbury) Zing Tsjeng (VICE UK) Dan Hodges (Mail on Sunday) Venue: Canterbury Back in the day, when an [more…]
Authoritarianism
A View From The Greenhouse; The Truth Of The Matter
I’ve mentioned the “yawk” up before, although it’s fair to say I may have miss-spelled it in the past. Suffice to say, the term has nothing whatsoever to do with the fine city of York [more…]
20th Century
Nostalgia Album, Part Nine
At the end of the Second World War, on my father’s side of the family, the generations had passed with both grandparents dying in their sleep at ripe old ages. By VJ Day the cast [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Eight – Squeeze
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Thirty-Eight – Squeeze If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the [more…]