Animals
Building the Aquarium
In the last piece I got to the point of having bought a fishtank. Bloody massive thing, weighing in at about 150kg when empty (it took four blokes to lift it out of the house [more…]
Arts
Arts
Sunday Lunch
“Roast pork lunch at Sandown Park Hotel” by ultrakml is licensed under CC BY 2.0 There has been much activity on GP regarding recipes and food. I was thinking of this the other day after [more…]
Arts
I so fight, but not as one that beateth the air : 1 CORINTHIANS 9:26
Are you soft, lad? FIIIIGHT! This is a great English tradition, we get raucous and fight. It is part of our heritage, and I will not have it any other way. Not the ritualised fighting [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – 1956
Featured song: Elvis Presley with Hound Dog This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it. [more…]
Animals
Project Fishy
Anyone who has read any of my articles knows I do like a good project. If I know that I’m going to be stuck in the house, looking after kids with bad weather, I need [more…]
Authoritarianism
Those Damn Nazis Again
Once again it seems we are back to labelling everyone and anything as far-right. It’s a repeating theme and I feel as though I am bashing my head against a metaphorical brick wall. Again, we [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – 1955
Featured song: Bill Haley & His Comets with “Rock Around the Clock”. This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 [more…]
Arts
The Geeks Guide To Brewing A Decent Beer For 30p A Pint
Who likes a beer? Not me. No. I don’t like a beer. I like loads of beer. Loads. And all the nice tasting craft beer like Old Hooky (https://www.hooky.co.uk/) and my local, Surrey Hills brewery. [more…]
Christianity
Isaiah – A Prophet of Tetrarchic Vision
“Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens, who created all these? He who brings out the starry hosts and calls them each by name, because of his great power, and mighty strength, not [more…]