Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Four, Chapter One
Larry the Cat sat on the tree stump in the dapple shade, enjoying scanning the woodland around him through his half-closed eyes. In front of him, on the other side of a wire fence, ran [more…]
Literature
19th Century
Review: 120 Days of Sodom by The Marquis De Sade
Just as an 18th century Président may stalk provincial France looking for innocents to corrupt, so bots chew their way through blogs looking for relevant wares to advertise. We must proceed with caution. On these [more…]
Arts
Tory Leadership Runners & Riders
This was supposed to be a review of Tuesday’s SKY News televised Tory Party leadership debate but the cream of the party didn’t turn up. I wonder why? These TV debates have a chequered history. [more…]
Literature
Maintaining the status quo – the condemnation of the conspirational
Man’s most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe. Euripdes OK, I admit it. I am a conspiracy theorist. Or more accurately, a conspiracy realist. The synonyms for theorist include logician, [more…]
Fiction
Samfyaza Chapter 14, Camp Mitkan – September 2006
It was Rosh Hashana Eve and once again, Afarin and Heyfa were alone in their apartments, as everybody else had gone home for the Jewish New Year. They had promised each other a meal out [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Twenty-Eight
The Mercedes stopped at the barrier to the airport and unloaded Jinnie and Penny. Simone hugged them both and said her goodbyes. Jinnie kissed little Juliette and said she would see her soon. Juliette said, [more…]
Arts
Always Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 14th July 2022 The Panel: Bim Afolami (Conservative) Chris Bryant (Labour) Minette Batters (NFU) Mary Bousted (NEU) Olivia Utley (Daily Telegraph) Venue: Torquay One of the Berkshire Afolami’s, Bim’s hard-up NHS worker parents [more…]
20th Century
Celebrating The World’s Longest Serving Monarch
The recent Jubilee bank holiday weekend provided an opportunity to pause for thought and consider the service rendered by the world’s oldest and longest-serving monarch and head of state. No, not her. She gets enough [more…]
Diary
A View From The Greenhouse (End Of The World, innit?)
It hardly seems like two minutes since I was writing my last meandering offering and here we are again. It came to my attention, a couple of weeks ago, that I’d never fully installed the [more…]