America
Letter From Stafford, Three
I don’t get out as much any more now that I’ve learned to do my work online. Slouching behind a steering wheel 200 miles a day has been replaced by slouching at a screen waiting [more…]
Arts
20th Century
A River Runs Through It
Le Train Bleu Last time we teased that we were arriving at a quayside in Ostend to connect with the Istanbul Express as if Graham Greene’s characters in Stamboul Train. My grandparents’ Ford Prefect was [more…]
Arts
Writing – a few tips
I’ve often heard Puffins lament that they would like to contribute articles to our esteemed website but are too daunted. So, I thought I’d share a few tips to encourage more Puffins to pick up [more…]
Arts
Prince – 4EVER
Phil is taking a few weeks off. I first saw Prince at Wembley Arena in the late eighties and again at the Hardturm Stadion (home of Grasshopper Club Zürich) in 1993. Switzerland must be one [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 23rd March 2023 The Panel: Andrew Bowie (Conservative) Louise Haigh (Labour) Zing Tsjeng (Vice UK) Howard Davies (NatWest Group) Tom Newton Dunn (Talk TV) Venue: Newcastle-under-Lyme Edinburgh University graduate Tomas Zolton Newton Dunn [more…]
Arts
Justice For Ellie?
New Orleans prosecutor Jim Garrison sits next to Senator Long of Louisiana on a crowded businessman’s shuttle flight either into or out of Washington DC. Director Oliver Stone never did tell us which in JFK, [more…]
20th Century
Ostend For Greeneland
According to those better able to describe such things than myself, decades ago the crossing to Ostend was one of drenched decks, the smell of steam and oil and of stale Bass from the bar. [more…]
15th Century
Crom’s Deep Dive: Richard III, Act 1 Scene 1
A small confession: my first introduction to this opening soliloquy was as a child on a Saturday afternoon from none other than Arnold Judas Rimmer in Red Dwarf. He and Lister are marooned and, to [more…]
20th Century
G6E1 – Those different ones like what I like
G6E1 – Those different ones like what I like. Welcome pop pickers to an ambitious series of articles covering 6 genres, each with 6 episodes. To give a bit of variation, the next episode of [more…]