Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Thirteen
Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. Part One is here Part Two is here Part Three is here Part Four is here Part Five is here Part Six is here Part [more…]
Literature
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 30th November 2023 The Panel: Esther McVey (Conservative) Steve Reed (Labour) Layla Moran (LibDem) Andrew Neil (Journalist) Zoe Lyons (Comedian) Venue: Doncaster As a first appearance on QT in 1985 suggests, Andrew Neil [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Eight
Brian had done as he had said and had visited the beach bar at lunch and had eaten a cheeseburger and had a Banks beer while sitting at the bar on a stool. He had [more…]
20th Century
Report From Israel, 1957 – Part One
In 1957 my uncle, John Alldridge visited Israel for the Birmingham Mail. This is the first of his reports. – Jerry F You can learn a lot about a man in 24 hours. Particularly when [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Thirteen
Monday Good morning all. Well, this morning started off just like many others recently, rain at first then sunshine, Felix for breakfast, then the thunderbolt struck. The Rich Boy sacked Suella and set a reshuffle [more…]
Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Twelve
Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. Part One is here Part Two is here Part Three is here Part Four is here Part Five is here Part Six is here Part [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 23rd November 2023 The Panel: Andrew Griffith (Conservative) Alison McGovern (Labour) Patrick Grant (Fashion Designer) Isabel Oakshott (Author and Journalist) Venue: Stevenage Andrew John Griffith is the Conservative Party MP for Arundel and [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Seven
Despite all the searching neither the team in B2 nor the Barbados Police Service had managed to locate Dwayne Holding. The BPS assured B2 that Dwayne was lying low somewhere on the island and would [more…]
Culture
A View (A Good Few Miles) From The Greenhouse; Cancel Culture….innit?
The year rolls on, it doesn’t seem two minutes since I was setting the tomato seed and it’s now only five weeks until Christmas Day! Where on earth does all that time go? There’s less [more…]