20th Century
They Flew Alone, Part Five
In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the last of his reports. – Jerry F It was 4.28 GMT when the heavily [more…]
Literature
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week One-Hundred And Ninety
Monday Good morning everyone, and welcome to another week of my musings. I have had a cracking weekend. It has been lovely and peaceful in Number 10 with the Rich Boy in Japan and since [more…]
Literature
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 1st June 2023 The Panel: George Freeman (Conservative) Jess Phillips (Labour) Nimco Ali (The Five Foundation) Jack Monroe (Activist) Chris Patten (Chancellor, Oxford University) Venue: Leicester I’ll tell you what happened. Despite being [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Five, Chapter Fourteen
The Trattoria Trevi board gathered, as agreed, on the Monday afternoon and after a short discussion during which Brian repeatedly reassured the directors that they had sufficient funds for both projects, Jinnie pointed out that [more…]
20th Century
Slow Boats To Africa
Previously, in “The Sore Seated Safari”, we followed one Charles Henry Freeman and some compatriots, on a 1929 road trip from the town of Iringa, in Tanganyika, to Nairobi in Kenya. But what were they [more…]
20th Century
The Flew Alone, Part Four
In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the fourth of his reports. – Jerry F Like most cities, St. John’s, Newfoundland, has [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Eighty-Nine
Monday Good morning everyone and welcome to another week in the madness that is modern Britain! The biggest madness to arrive over the weekend was Sir Beer Korma’s idea of voting reform. Apparently, he wants [more…]
Biography
Trade Plating Around England, Part Eight
This time, The only time I felt unsafe and down to the South West Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. [more…]