Arts

Sheds

19th March 2018 Colin Cross 1407 Comments

As I get older I find myself, more and more, thinking about how different life was in the 1950’s and 60’s and also how, through the eyes of a child, things seemed so very simple. [more…]

Shunting Prototypes

13th March 2018 Sweaty Dave 2126 Comments

Work on the layout has slowed a little with the recent weather disruptions affecting routines. The successful completion of the cyclists/ Sweeney run was also the closing of a chapter. As you can see Wiggins [more…]

This Septic Eye, Ch 2

13th March 2018 Viciousbutfair 1557 Comments

I explained in the previous chapter how I arrived, through the medium of horticultural injury, at my unusual title for this collection of comments and ramblings. My demise at the hands, or should I say [more…]

Postcard from Taormina, Sicily

9th March 2018 Going Postal 1198 Comments

May 2017 Taormina was the venue for the G7 attended by the various world leaders and as I watched I remembered my holiday there. It was 1980 and we booked a fortnight knowing nothing of [more…]

This Septic Eye, Ch 1

6th March 2018 Going Postal 1967 Comments

Uncannily, like weapons of mass destruction, both infirmity and senility can also frequently be only 45 minutes from deployment. Spurred on by the obviously frail condition of one or two of our regular contributors I [more…]

Modern Day Witch Hunts

6th February 2018 Jonathon Davies 2464 Comments

A Brief History Lesson During the middle ages, as well as the Tudor and Stuart dynasties, there was a general conception that witchcraft was real. People genuinely thought that witches were up to no good, [more…]

Lobsters Are Red, My Love

23rd January 2018 Viciousbutfair 3094 Comments

Jordan Peterson, Cathy Newman, it’s all been said hasn’t it? Well, apparently not, at 4.55am this morning a man crashed through my balcony window, he was dressed all in black, he wore a balaclava and [more…]

The Culture Wars: Meme Warfare Part 2

22nd January 2018 Jonathon Davies 2752 Comments

(This article and the previous part 1 are meant to be a bit of fun, and not to be taken seriously.) Part one looked at the need for memes and how they can be used [more…]

Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs, Going Postal

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16th January 2018 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 4214 Comments

There’s one thing for certain: the Mainstream Media has lost an awful lot of influence and control over the last few years due to the continued growth of social media, or peer-to-peer information as I [more…]