Literature

Book Review: The Ratline

20th January 2022 Going Postal 0

I don’t read non-fiction books that often, however I’m glad I picked The Ratline up when I was idly browsing suitable reading material for a holiday last year (the holiday got cancelled). For, those (like [more…]

A Very British Message to Garcia

19th January 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Previously, my colleague Fred Brownbill wrote of US Navy SEAL Marine Commander Brian Bourgeois, commanding officer of SEAL Team 8, who was killed in the first week of December 2021 while fast-roping from a helicopter [more…]

Sailing my life away, part 32

18th January 2022 Ancient Mariner 0

RESPONSES AND YARNS There were loads of comments on part 31 including the one from Sparks who enquired whether I had discovered a time machine as I had dated the article Saturday 1 January 2002. [more…]

The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 20

16th January 2022 Blown Periphery 0

St Juan de Pasto Main Operating Base, Bogotá and the lake Laguna De Tota, north-east of Bogotá Clarita Rivera was late arriving at the main operating base. She had a briefing for the Head of [more…]

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Twenty Six

16th January 2022 Going Postal 0

Monday Morning everyone, I understand that I have to make the most of the next few days as my scribe is going to be missing for a bit, so this weeks diary may be truncated. [more…]

Domesday

16th January 2022 Going Postal 0

To begin with, it was a perfectly normal Tuesday: the usual saunter into the office, greeting people en passant – even if, in some cases, it was still only a frowningly vexed look, stepping aside. [more…]

Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Two

14th January 2022 Going Postal 0

When Jinnie got home, she was a little later than normal and Paolo had already started getting an evening meal together. Being an Italian he was making pasta. He had popped in the supermarket on [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

14th January 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 13th January 2022 The Panel: Simon Hart (Conservative) Jess Phillips (Labour) Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat) Isabel Oakeshott (GBNews) Danny Sriskandarajah (Oxfam) Venue: Shrewsbury If mention of Jess Philips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, [more…]

Birth Of The Cruel

12th January 2022 Going Postal 0

Note: This is a personal account of my experiences and opinions of the last few years (and perhaps an introduction of sorts). As such, general statements will refer to my perspective and no inference is [more…]