20th Century
De Profundis or How Green Was My Valley?
I qualified as a public health inspector (PHI) in Hull in 1968 and after a couple of years with a rural district council in South Norfolk, at the tender age of 22 I found myself [more…]
Human Interest
Engineering
Cnuteneering, Part Ten
Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in: Part [more…]
America
Always Worth Saying’s Oprah Meets Meghan Review
Oprah Meets Meghan and Harry 7th March 2021 Contributors: Oprah Gail Winfrey (Media billionaire) Racheal Meghan Markle (Actress) Harry Wales (Retired Army officer) Venue: Montecito, Near Santa Barbara, California. Lights. A bleaching brightness covers the [more…]
America
The Glorious Adventures Of Freckle Faced Meg
Speaking of happy couples, it is our silver wedding anniversary this week. You may think that after a quarter of a century it might be difficult to surprise a spouse. Think again. When my other [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Eighty Two
Monday At breakfast this morning Bozzie was still ecstatic from hitting the 15,000,000 vaccination target with yesterday’s announced numbers. He keeps muttering about doubters and distracters. He was asked why in some places they had [more…]
America
Champion in a Man’s World
Marion Hollins was born in 1892 into a world and at a time when “women knew their place”. This, however, was a notion she soundly rejected throughout her tradition shattering life & career. She arrived [more…]
America
When Oprah Meets Meghan
On Sunday 7th March 2021, the richest and most powerful woman in the world, the head the greatest empire ever known, Oprah Winfrey, will introduce to society a shy Z list mattress actress, Her Royal [more…]
Computing
Cnuteneering Part Nine
Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in: Part [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Eighty One
Monday Morning all and what a horrible one, snow in the garden and it’s cold out there. I shall be only venturing out when forced to by my bladder or bowels and then for as [more…]