Hobbies
Crossword No. 83
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug of your choice, or GP beer mats. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm tomorrow subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last weeks’ winner. [more…]
Hobbies
Arts
HMS Gammon
I’d like to open proceedings with a confession: I have never before in my life written a travel piece with even the faintest modicum of honesty or integrity. The truth of the matter is that [more…]
21st Century
Larry’s Diary Week Two
Monday No more talk of getting a Dog to report, I can only hope they have shelved the idea. I will be extra nice to the Blonde and his female for the next few days [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille, Part 29
Tangled up in the Vizconce massacre investigation and having just escaped from a Filipino jail, I’m now on the run and heading south to lie low long enough to be forgotten about. I have a letter of [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 82
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug of your choice, or GP beer mats. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm tomorrow subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last weeks’ winner [more…]
Arts
Cruising on again
Last year, in the spirit of the series of travelogue postcards often presented on this site, I wrote first timer’s guide to going on a cruise. The one in question was a TUI/Marella cruise around [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille, Part 28
At 5227 San Augustin Street, Makati City, after dark, there were no yellow ribbons for me nor a line of concerned people praying and clutching the rosary. A maid answers the door and looks surprised rather than [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 81
Special Prize! First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP clock! (Batteries included, some self-assembly required – the hands) Email entries to me by 6.00 pm tomorrow subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email [more…]
Cooking
Confronting The Climate Emergency, Part 6
‘Think Global Act Local’ was the mantra of the Green movement in the 1980’s Jonathon Porritt era before the greens lost their way and deserted science. In the 70’s and 80’s there was cohesive thinking [more…]