Arts
Cnuteneering, Part Nineteen
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…]
Britain’s Forgotten Railways – The Stainmore Railway – part 1
My grandfather spent his working life as a fireman on the railways and my father, having grown up living next to a busy railway line, was a big railway enthusiast so it’s perhaps not surprising [more…]
The Swaling, Part Fifty Eight
Back in London, I struggled to touch base with my colleague, Miss Natasha Williams, the other half of my nascent Operation Swaling, neglected by myself as I was sent north to play my part in [more…]
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1994
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1994 Featured Album: Definitely Maybe This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to 1999. Just cannot go on that much longer with the drivel [more…]
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 3rd June 2021 Panel: Lucy Frazer (Conservative) Peter Kyle (Labour) Heather McGregor (Academic) Anthony Costello (Independant sage) Jenni Murray (Broadcaster) Venue: London & Edinburgh First question. Only £1.4 billion extra for school funding? [more…]
Rough Growing In A Pandemic (The Scottish Question)
The weather has been atrocious. In many ways it’s been a problem in the greenhouse, tomato plants are stressed, evidenced by the yellowing lower leaves and my red onions have bolted, caused, I’m sure, by [more…]
The Avila Gold
The Avila Gold is a novel by David Westheimer, who also wrote, amongst other things, “Von Ryan’s Express”, later made into a very good film, with Frank Sinatra in the eponymous role. The Avila Gold [more…]
Puffins on the March
Yesterday central London saw an impressive turnout of Puffins (thirty plus) and many hundreds of thousands of others on a Freedom March protesting a variety of issues brought about by the coronavirus pandemic: vaccines, lockdowns, [more…]