Biography
Sailing my life away (II), part 3
I have seen SB’s notice he is running short of articles again and have difficulty doing what I promised last time because I’m still on my land voyage by caravan. I don’t have all my [more…]
Literature
Journalism
Blue Line, Brown Wall
Life in a Northern Town If this were the Whitechapel in the 1960s, retired dockers debating over pints of London Pride in the ‘Blind Beggar’ would glance nervously about while muttering under their breaths. Faces [more…]
America
The Two Wolves
This story is a bit of a fudge, but Bob is short of material, so it might get through. Mustn’t let the perfect be the enemy of the adequate, after all… I’ve long had this [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 12, The Tze’elim Base Urban Warfare Training Center – July 2006
The Urban Warfare Training Center at the Tze’elim Army Base, was built at a cost of $45 million. Nicknamed “Baladia” (Arabic for “city”), it is a 7.4 square mile training centre used to instruct soldiers [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Fifty
Monday Good morning folks, I hope you noticed that this is my 150th diary entry I am sharing with you. It’s another lovely sunny morning but it’s not quite as warm. No Bozzie at breakfast [more…]
Literature
Cupid’s Dart (ii)
‘Was Blake right? What do you think, dear?’ I was a bit nonplussed by this, since we’d been talking about how ever more pricey things had been becoming lately. ‘Blake?…’ ‘Yes, dear: “Milton was of [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Twenty-Six
The training was going better than Jinnie could possibly have hoped. She had seen a lot of all the members of the group and had worked out who could shoot, who could operate a radio, [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 30th June 2022 The Panel: Craig Hoy (Conservative) Pam Duncan-Glancy (Labour) Angus Robertson (SNP) Fraser Nelson (The Spectator) Susie McCabe (Comedian) Venue: Inverness If Puffins think Nish Kumar is un-funny their paths have [more…]
Fiction
A ghost story
Here is a short story. It starts on a train and I’m talking to a fellow commuter and it’s set in the time BC – Before Coronavirus….. I really hate mobile phones. There’s no privacy, [more…]