21st Century
The Fall of Boris
All his life Boris had his eyes On winning that most glorious prize, The golden key to Number Ten, The greatest goal of powerful men. A chubby lad at a posh school, His one ambition [more…]
Literature
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 7th July 2022 The Panel: Dehenna Davison (Conservative) Bridget Phillipson (Labour) Tim Stanley (Daily Telegraph) Winston Marshall (Musician) Alastair Campbell (Former No10 Press Secretary) Venue: Barnsley Happy memories of Barnsley. Seriously. There are [more…]
20th Century
The Wickedest Man in History
This is my uncle John Alldridge’s article for the Manchester Evening News on the 10th anniversary of Hitler’s death on 30 April, 1945 – Jerry F By today it was clear the Reichswehr had had [more…]
20th Century
Stand in the Trench, Achilles*
Most of us, if asked, would be able to name a fair number of WW1 poets and writers without too much hesitation. Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Edmund Blunden, Robert Graves, Rupert Brooke, Isaac Rosenberg – [more…]
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…]
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…]