20th Century
Champagne, a Plan and A Philosopher
On New Year’s Eve 1946, my uncle reviewed his first year at home since the end of the War for the Manchester Evening News. It would seem that at times he was finding it hard [more…]
Literature
Literature
A Shopping Expedition
AT THE SUPERMARKET I went to a prestigious supermarket near my home town in the south of England today and couldn’t find the aisle displaying butter. A smartly dressed man with a Brand label on [more…]
Arts
Is That True Or Did You Hear It On The BBC?
In his latest book, author David Sedgwick quotes the BBC’s own words back it giving the broadcaster nowhere to hide. Cast your minds back a couple of years to the start of the so-called covid-19 [more…]
20th Century
Meeting The Queen
I have a little anecdote on meeting The Queen. My late father was born in Lewisham, London and was brought up by working class parents in a council estate. After he got demobbed from the [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 22, Israel, London and England
Going Home Afarin and Heyfa were in their favourite place, Heyfa’s bed. It was one of those gentle moments where nothing else matters in the whole world, just the two of them. They were saying [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Fifty-Eight
Monday Good morning you lot. When I woke up this morning, I had to think hard to work out what day it was. It felt like Sunday with the lack of noise emanating from the [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Four, Chapter Eight
Jinnie decided that she would tell Paolo, she knew that he had always wanted children. He immediately developed a huge grin and said he would accompany her to the doctor, which was really just what [more…]
Diary
A View From The Greenhouse; (The Shabbiness Of Public Service)
Autumn is upon us, misty mornings, shorter days and cool breezes from the west herald its arrival. In our tiny corner of North West England, little changes. Sheep get moved from field to field, taking [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 21, Camp Mitkan – October 2006
Time to hide behind the sofa again. Contains descriptions of a sexual nature. Afarin devoured Heyfa’s body with her eyes. She marvelled at just how lovely the female body was. Not hers of course. She [more…]