Education
The Party’s Over, It’s Time to Call it a Day
It never entered my mind that I would be doing this job for… checks retirement date …more than 15 years… It was around March and Mrs C. was working at the school as a dinner [more…]
Arts
Arts
Fabulously Festive Fridays: NOT YET!!
Oh my gawd – he’s gorn early! Season’s greetings and Christmas apologies, pop pickers, and please be welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Festive Friday and another of our light-loafered, lubed-up googlies from the gasworks-end of musical [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 27th November 2025 The Panel: James Murray (Labour) Gareth Davies (Conservative) Calum Miller (LibDem) Sonia Sodha (Journalist) Luke Johnson (Businessman) Venue: Watford A glance at Wiki reveals Luke Johnson to be an ‘entrepreneur’, [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Seven
Jinnie sat in the back of Sir Nigel’s Rolls and watched the snowy Sussex countryside slid past. Much to the twins’ dismay the fall had been very light in the South unlike in the North [more…]
History
Postcard From Northumbria, Part Two
The second half of our trip into Northumberland started with a drive into the countryside to the village of Heatherslaw which is the home of the furthest north narrow-gauge steam railway in England. The Heatherslaw [more…]
Culture
A View From The Sofa; Ennui And Pain
I’ve hardly been out of the house since I got out of hospital. I’m sure some of you will know what it’s like, believing you’re fifty four when you’re actually twenty years older than that [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1991
Featured song: Free – All Right Now (Doing Their Thing, 1970) Official Live Video This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 20th November 2025 The Panel: Stephen Kinnock (Labour) Joe Robertson (Conservative) Josh Barbinde (LibDem) Zoe Lyons (Comedian) Ella Whelan (Journalist) Venue: Loughborough There is a routine to such things. Question Time guests are [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Six
When Jinnie chose treacle tart and custard for her dessert the waiter asked if she wanted ice cream as well and it got her thinking. Who supplied P&O with their ice cream, she wondered. It [more…]