20th Century
Memories of My Early Childhood
I was born in 1950 and I have very happy memories of my early years. I was lucky I guess. We lived in a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Church End, Finchley with decent sized front, [more…]
Literature
Business
A View From The Greenhouse (“Brexit” Disastrophe)
In Scotland and Lancashire they had (maybe they still do have) Wakes Week, a time when factories, mines and the like closed for 7 days to allow people to go to Blackpool, get pissed and [more…]
Fiction
The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 25
Weare Giffard North Devon, Langley Virginia, Bogota and St Juan de Pasto Main Operating Base This is Dedicated to those we leave behind. “Moira Edge. Moira Edge. Mrs Moira Edge,” she said it out loud, [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Thirty One
Monday Good Morning everyone and welcome to another week of my ramblings. I read an article saying that saying the Little Otter has any influence over Bozzie, and hence government policy, was sexist. I must [more…]
Biography
Herodotus and the Histories – Part One
Having finally fulfilled a previous and somewhat rash promise to write about Thucydides and his account of the Peloponnesian War, I thought it about time I write about his forerunner, Herodotus of Halicarnassus, who is [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Seven
The tracks started to hum and the overhead cable sing. Mick put his hand on Willie’s arm and said, “Red now.” Willie pressed the button and the signal went red. Jinnie spotted the headlights of [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 17th February 2022 The Panel: Jake Berry (Conservative) Andy Burnham (Labour Mayor of Manchester) Juergen Maier (Industrialist) Inaya Folarin-Iman (Journalist) Frances O’Grady (TUC) Venue: Leeds In a direct, Yorkshire sort of way, the [more…]
21st Century
The Stockwell Shooting – A Failure of C3I?*
Operation Kratos In 2001 international terrorist events directed security services to conclude that terrorist events involving suicide bombers, were not only likely but sadly inevitable in any country. Among many other agencies, the Metropolitan Police [more…]
Biography
Sailing my life away, part 34
RESPONSES Once again I thank all who read and commented on Part 33 describing my 1997 passage from South West Scotland to Northern Ireland and especially DJM who has shown consistent enthusiasm for this series [more…]