Hobbies

WG’s 21st Cruise, Part Four

24th July 2023 Going Postal 0

Sunday June 18th – La Spezia – Italy I think dawn breaking must have woken me this morning. It was about 06:15 and we were entering La Spezia harbour. This is a first visit here [more…]

Painting with Acrylic on Canvas

23rd July 2023 Blown Periphery 0

In the final part of this series before I move onto etchings, I’m doing a piece on painting with acrylic paint onto a stretched frame canvas. The principles apply just as well for oil painting, [more…]

Larry’s Diary, Week One-Hundred And Ninety-Five

23rd July 2023 Going Postal 0

Hello everyone, well it’s nice and bright this morning. It looks like it’s going to be dry today which suits me. It’s a pity because I would have loved a huge downpour just as Sniffer [more…]

1938

22nd July 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

It’s difficult to be enthusiastic about 1938, a year in which England was on the brink of World War II. The policy of appeasement, led by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, was in full swing. Aimed [more…]

Scanning Historic Documents

19th July 2023 Alexsandr too 0

There is tons of paper based ephemera left behind from recent times. Most of it is of interest to someone, and much of it describes life in the UK and abroad from the 1830’s Stuff [more…]

A View From The Greenhouse; A War To End All Wars?

18th July 2023 Colin Cross 0

The summer, what little we’ve seen of it since the heady days of the June “heatwave”, moves along bringing with it dire warnings of the upcoming conflagration about to be unleashed on us all, not [more…]

WG’s 21st Cruise, Part Three

17th July 2023 Going Postal 0

Wednesday June 14th – At Sea I woke at about five to seven having slept soundly, I must say the bed is extremely comfortable. A little grey outside but the sun is only just coming [more…]

Painting with Watercolours

16th July 2023 Blown Periphery 0

To give everyone a rest from the military stuff, I thought I’d share one of my ways of retreating from the stresses of life, politics, the media and people. Watercolour painting is a good starting [more…]

Larry’s Diary, Week One-Hundred And Ninety-Four

16th July 2023 Going Postal 0

Monday Hello peeps and welcome to another working week in the fun palace that is Number Ten. A report out this morning has said that Sue Gray broke the ‘Civil Service Code’. Well, I find [more…]