Arts
Arts
Holiday
Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part Two
Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve) – St Kitts Breakfast today was in the MDR as my excursion wasn’t due to leave until 09:30 I was in no hurry. Once again it was a sharing table [more…]
Law
After The Boiling Point
Since G-P covered the issue last year in an article entitled ‘Boiling Point’, new information has come to light regarding the terrorist outrage in Southport after extraordinary events in Liverpool Crown Court this week. Despite [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Ivory Cutlery’s Day Off Pt. 3
Greetings pop pickers and please be welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday and another of our fortnightly mastications upon the marshmallowy pillows of musical magnificence. Tonight, dear reader, as we mark both Peanut Butter Day [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 23rd January 2025 The Panel: Lucy Powell (Labour) David Davis (Conservative) Matthew Parris (Columnist) Dale Vince (Green Energy Entrepreneur) Venue: Stockport Lucy Powell was on QT only a few weeks ago. Despite a [more…]
Holiday
Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part One
Friday 20th December – Home to Barbados My alarm woke me at five, and I got up immediately—no lie-in, as I would probably go back to sleep, and that could be a disaster. Shave, shower, [more…]
Culture
(Not) A View From The Greenhouse; After The Goldrush. The End
I recently had the pleasure of visiting a hospital. Not an A&E, thankfully, but a famous hospital in the North West of England where I attended for a “pre-op” appointment. It’s an indictment, albeit a [more…]
America
Inauguration Day Approaches
Monday the 20th January 2025 sees the inauguration of Donald J Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America. Following the 78-year-old Republican’s third election victory last November 9th, Trump will be [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – 1970
Featured song: Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water 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 [more…]