Fiction
On Dangerous Ground, Chapter Four
They sat for five minutes before Taff and Dave moved to find the key for the pillbox, it wasn’t where it had been, Dave found it on the ground. Their guns were out as Taff [more…]
Literature
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 22nd January 2026 The Panel: Emily Thornberry (Labour) Stuart Andrew (Conservative) Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat) Greg Swenson (Republicans Overseas UK) Venue: Macclesfield Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury, Emily Thornberry (NHRN Lady [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Fourteen
Jinnie drove into the TT SuperBurger car park and into her designated parking space. On the way to the office, she thought about getting a coffee and one of the chocolate chip cookies from the [more…]
Fiction
Racial Memory, Part Three
It was silent. I felt as if I was floating, swaddled, the only sound was a rhythmic pulse, not unlike a heartbeat. I had never experienced a sensory deprivation tank, supposedly a way to totally [more…]
Literature
Words Part Nine
Three poems on the same theme – make the most of the time that we have. In the first poem two killer lines always get me. ‘But at my back I always hear Time’s winged [more…]
Diary
WG’s Christmas Cruise 2025 – Part Two
Sunday 21st December. Sailing Day. There is no mad rush to do anything this morning. Apple Maps tells me it will take 1 hour and twenty minutes to get to the cruise terminal, and I [more…]
Arts
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Night Manager
An alignment of Le Carrés occurred over Christmas. A new series of The Night Manager dropped on BBC 1 and iPlayer alongside a repeat of the Corporation’s 1979 adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, also [more…]
Fiction
On Dangerous Ground, Chapter Three
He sat outside Manchester Station on double yellow lines with the blue lights flashing, no one bothered him, he saw Taff and Colin come onto the street. Out the car, he called them over, seeing [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Thirteen
The evening of the day she had booked the family’s first Mediterranean cruise, Jinnie broke the news to the family over dinner. At first, the twins were a little confused and asked if they were [more…]