Arts
WG’s 21st Cruise
Chapter 1 – Preliminaries I had just returned from a Christmas and New Year cruise when I started thinking about booking the next Christmas cruise, being a single traveller, you need to book early to [more…]
Literature
Biography
Trade Plating Around England, Part Twelve
This time, Security vans, a trip to Rochester and a stranger in my own country. Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 29th June 2023 The Panel: Helen Whately (Conservative) Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour) Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (Chef and Campaigner) Dia Chakravarty (The Telegraph) Mhairi Black (SNP) Venue: Exeter Hugh Christopher Edmund Fearnley-Whittingstall was born in Hampstead, [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Five, Chapter Eighteen
It was a very happy Jinnie who drove her Lexus back to Potters Bar to drop off Alberto and Guido. As she drove, the directors chatted. Jinnie asked if both the others were happy how [more…]
Arts
Shake A Spear(e)
William Shakespeare devised new words and countless plot tropes that still appear in everyday life. Famous quotes from his plays are easily recognisable; phrases like “To be or not to be,” “wherefore art thou, Romeo,” [more…]
Biography
Deborah, Part I
Oliver Harding is expecting a business-as-usual day at Bawlsinyore Court, a rather smart retirement housing scheme in a sleepy corner of Cambridgeshire where he’s the resident manager. Today the window cleaners will be here and [more…]
20th Century
Adventure in New Guinea, Part Two
In 1969, my uncle, John Alldridge visited New Guinea to “observe the attempt to weld a primitive people to a modern society”. This is the second of his reports for the Vancouver Sun. – Jerry [more…]
Fiction
The Diary of a REMF – Part Three
Monday 16th February Margin was constantly amazed at just how little work was completed in the ISAF Headquarters. Most of the day-to-day running of operations in Afghanistan were carried out by the ISAF Regional Commands [more…]
Biography
Trade Plating Around England, Part Eleven
This time, Security & breathalysers, Southampton, tracked vehicles and a sad tale. Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. Part one [more…]