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English Alabaster
On a mini-break to London some years ago, we decided to have a look round the Courtauld Gallery (in the old Somerset House, which used for decades to be the central registry of birth, marriages [more…]
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Painting Things
Around Easter in 2017 I got hold of Warlord Game’s skirmish game set in ancient Japan, Test of Honour, bit of a bolt from the blue really. Bought it as much to support my local [more…]
Animals
Do You Like Chillies?
In the comments which nobody reads I often post photos of my parrots. In some photos I’ve posted they’re eating chillies. Some people have asked why I feed my birds hot chillies every day and [more…]
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Postcard From the Brecon Beacons Visitor Centre
The Brecon Beacons Visitor Centre, known locally as the Mountain Centre, is not far from the village of Libanus as you drive up the A470 towards the town of Brecon. The drive up itself is [more…]
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Postcard from the Algarve, No 3
Aye Aye, Puffins. It is me, El Geeko. Well, as she is over my shoulder, I should say “it’s me, and Ms Geeks”, who is keeping a furtive eye on my escapades on GPs, the [more…]
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Just Like Nazi Germany
This is for those on the left of politics and others who shout that things are “just like Nazi Germany!” Are the Nazis really coming? The short answer is no. Then why is everything being [more…]
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Shunting Review
Some of you who have stumbled upon this wonderful site in recent weeks and months may be wondering what various references to shunting and occasional photos of a railway scene are all about. You may [more…]
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The Persuasive Power of The Narrative™
Whenever I go to a supermarket and look for washing powder, I am influenced by advertising, even if I think I’m not. I’m intelligent, I know when this ad thing kicks in, I can recognise [more…]
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Far Right?
“What about the far right!” is the cry from the mainstream media and the left of politics. It’s the phrase we hear again and again, over and over. It is thrown around with seemingly wild [more…]