Arts
Cruisin’ with Mr Covid
Cruising usually gets the eye-roll treatment from Puffinry, but Larry the Cat has an interest, so there. Mrs B and I seized the opportunity for a change of scenery. At certain points in your life [more…]
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Postcard from Monmouth
With the prospect of a holiday (foreign or UK) looking increasingly unlikely Mrs Reggie and I decided we would try and fit in a number of day trips to break the tedium of everyday life. [more…]
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A Hard Bunch Of Old Folkers
This a true story, and for once I can be unusually precise as to the date: towards the end of July in 1983. I was living in North Yorkshire at the time, and me and [more…]
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Scorn Not The Sonnet
Scorn not the Sonnet Thus wrote Wordsworth, and it’s probably true that sonnets are second only to limericks in the poetry popularity stakes. Both forms have the advantage of being short and memorable. But where [more…]
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The Swaling, Part Sixty Four
“Hostage swap.” “Hostage swap?” I repeated. “Yes, hostage swap. You’re going to be late,” said the voice at the other end of our Dumfries Street townhouse street gate intercom. I shouted to my Chinese cousin, [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part One – Buddy Holly
My Legends of Pop Music – Part One – Buddy Holly I suppose we must define pop music; I would agree with one view from Wiki which says it is a genre of popular music [more…]
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GB News Review
GB News 15th July 2021 Present: Bex Deadman (Travel Expert) Daryl, Darren and Vicky (Recovering Addicts) Catherine Tramlines (Online Harm Expert) Dr Alan Billings (Crime Commissioner) Venue: DePiero and Halligan In last week’s GB News [more…]
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Cnuteneering, Part Twenty Three
Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in: Part [more…]
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You want to own your own caravan. Really!
I am talking about a static caravan, it has wheels, but seldom moves. I am not talking about those mobile camper vans that several Puffins have and look jolly good fun. First thing to say [more…]