Literature
Words Part Eleven
These are some of my favourite short poems by William Butler Yeats The Lake Isle of Innisfree I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay [more…]
Literature
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Fifteen
Monday Good morning, my friends, this is the start of a huge week in Number 10. No, it is not Legohead hanging on by his fingertips, it is more important than that. On Sunday it [more…]
Fiction
On Dangerous Ground, Chapter Seven
Day Nine The train was busy, it was Monday morning, they sat in silence, Olivia had twice called Sally during the evening, she had waited until Michael was in his office, she wanted to know [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 19th February 2026 The Panel: Heidi Alexander (Labour) Richard Holden (Conservative) Robert Jenrick (Reform UK) Jon Sopel (Podcaster) Venue: Ringwood Making his first appearance on Question Time, but a Puffin’s favourite all the [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Eighteen
The twins had gone to the club, and the adults were happily installed on loungers by the infinity pool with nice cold glasses of Pepsi Max for the ladies and a Doom Bar for Paolo. [more…]
Arts
Reading – A Love Story: Learning to Fly 1970-73 Part 2
After the first few months of getting to grips with the reading at a low level the classroom books on offer while reasonably entertaining were not really enough for me and so I turned to [more…]
Fiction
Seventeen Moments of Spring
In 1965 Yulian Semyonov wrote an espionage thriller, No Passport Required. It received good reviews and millions of readers. More importantly, in 1968, it came to the attention of Yuri Andropov, the recently appointed Chairman [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Fifty-One
I am not a doggie person but I must congratulate TiredofEUlies on her recent show awards. I know how proud my daughter and now my grand-daughter are when they return from riding events with their [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Fourteen
Monday Good morning, my friends. Today is a bit different, it is foggy! I do not think I have reported it being foggy in London since I started writing this diary, but it is not [more…]