Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-One
Monday Good morning all, it was raining when I first woke up, but now I have had my Felix the sun is out and the sky is blue. Legohead had a ‘summit meeting’ in No. [more…]
Human Interest
17th Century
Lloyd’s of London 50 years on
I joined a prestigious insurance broker, Matthews Wrightson, straight from school back in 1967, the tag ‘& at Lloyd’s’ was always the gilt on the gingerbread for a broker. Old man Wrightson was still in [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty
Monday Good morning and hello from a happy Downing Street because Legohead is missing again. He has gone off to Brazil for the G20 meeting and said he is going to meet the Chinese leader [more…]
Human Interest
A Celebration of Perversion
The two biggest influences in this 2024 Presidential Election have, in my mind, been Elon Musk buying twitter and the arrest of P Diddy, aka Sean Combs. Oh there was also the campaigning style of [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Fifty-Nine
Monday Good morning and welcome to another week of my diary. Today is the 11th, the real Armistice Day, and Palestinians are threatening to disrupt services around the country. Legohead is off to Paris to [more…]
Authoritarianism
First Came The Floods…
First came the floods that washed away people’s homes, then came the bulldozers that destroyed everything that was left. Before the mass revolt in Kenya spread countrywide in June, it had already started in the [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Fifty-Eight
Monday Good morning and welcome to another week of my tales. It is very grey again here in Westminster but at least it’s not raining. I made the mistake of stepping on the grass this [more…]
20th Century
Lest We Forget
Sergeant Michael (Mick) Willetts, GC 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment 13th August 1943 – 25th May 1971 Citation The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the posthumous award of the George Cross to: [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Fifty-Seven
Monday Good morning from a grey and not very nice morning in Westminster, where at least it is dry. Legohead was up early this morning as he is off to Birmingham to give a “pre-Budget” [more…]