Arts
Crossing the Atlantic, Arrival
Every morning the Chief engineer and his #2 would be having breakfast. He was a cheerful Ukrainian man and I always used to ask him, tongue in cheek, if the engine was still OK. On [more…]
Human Interest
19th Century
Mary Ann Cotton: Four Weddings and a Lot of Funerals
The series takes its first (but not final) turn to the darker side of the North East’s historical figures. Mary Ann Cotton of Low Moorsley was the first female serial killer in British history. This [more…]
Human Interest
Optimism for a change
In a world of unrelenting gloom and incompetence, much of which I blame on socialism and all things left, may I be allowed to offer a few words of optimism. During my three quarters of [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Forty-Two
Monday Good Morning, my happy readers. It was dull and grey when I headed out for my morning poo behind the gardener’s shed. On my return, my duty feeder was pottering around, my grub was [more…]
Arts
Crossing the Atlantic, At Sea
I unpacked my belongings and noticed that outside of my cabin windows was a little orange motor boat that was lowerable down to the water via a crane that swung the thing away from the [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Forty-0ne
Monday Good Morning, my happy readers, and a happy Bank Holiday Monday to you. It was dry and sunny when I woke up, but a little breezy when I popped out before my Felix. Mind [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Forty
Monday Good morning, my happy readers. It’s the start of another week of madness in Westminster and lots of tales from your ageing cat reporter. It was a little chilly overnight. I woke up in [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Thirty-Nine
Monday Good morning, my happy readers. Well, the weather seems to have changed for what, to me, is much improved. The sky over Downing Street is clear blue this morning and it’s pleasantly warm. But [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Thirty-Eight
Monday Good morning, my happy readers. It was getting hotter again this morning when I went out. I hear it is building up to Thursday being the hottest day of the week and then getting [more…]