Fiction
The Diary of a REMF – Part One
Thursday 5th February The son who had been born in a clinic in the Camargue while lizards crawled up the walls of the delivery room, looked down at the dying man in the bed. Cancer [more…]
Literature
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week One-Hundred And Ninety-One
Monday Good bank holiday morning everyone, it’s a sunny today which is unusual for a bank holiday Monday. I’m looking forward to a nice lazy day today with no visitors to Number 10 and only [more…]
Biography
Trade Plating Around England, Part Nine
This time, Grandad rights and the ultimate sin Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. Part one is here Part two [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 8th June 2023 The Panel: Lee Rowley (Conservative) Jonathan Ashworth (Labour) Ayesha Hazarika (Broadcaster) Lord Sumption (Former Supreme Court judge) Venue: King’s Lynn Jonathan Sumption, not his real name (Jonathan Philip Chadwick Sumption, [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Five, Chapter Fifteen
The party in Mendoza kept up the pretence of being tourists, going out in the car every day. They decided to avoid the missile site by day and only keep an eye on it by [more…]
18th Century
A View (120 Miles Or So) From The Greenhouse; Whitby(ish) A Postcard
First things first, as the saying goes. Starting bottom left, the vine flourishes and has benefitted, in no small measure, from a good old fashioned “clip out”, more of which next time. Before we get [more…]
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…]
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