Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Twenty-Three
Monday Good morning, my friends, and a Happy Easter Monday to you all. I hope you have had a load of chocolate eggs. It is a beautiful, sunny morning here in London, with not a [more…]
Literature
Fiction
On Dangerous Ground, Chapter Fifteen
Week Five Continued He sat in the lounge thinking, there were three possible outcomes, he would see a load of secret service agents come through the door and he would be arrested, Nathaniel Dawes would [more…]
Arts
Always Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 16th April 2026 The Panel: Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour) Darren Millar (Conservative) Jane Dodds (LibDem) Dan Thomas (Reform UK) Anthony Slaughter (Greens) Venue: Cardiff Question One: What’s happening at Question Time? Trailed as an [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Twenty-Six
Jinnie eventually managed to call Izzy and to tell her that the sat nav was predicting they would be home in 24 minutes. Izzy said, “That’s excellent, it gives me time to get the veg [more…]
Culture
A View From (Inside) The Greenhouse; We’re All “Boomer Millionaires” Now!
Some people might call it bad luck, others would, I have little doubt, consider it bad management whereas others (possibly the majority) might even brand it as laziness. However you choose to view what happened, [more…]
19th Century
The Scrapbook of Sherlock Holmes, 1/6: The Six Puffins. Part 2 of 2
We all looked into the vault, lit by the thin winter daylight seeping through the window behind us. Indeed there was no trace of anything but the pallet lying forlornly in the middle of the [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Twenty-Two
Monday Good morning, my friends. It was sunny and a little warmer when I went out this morning. Yesterday, I popped into the office to see if the Sunday crew were slacking with no Legohead [more…]
Travel
Off We Go Again (Fingers Crossed)
Devastation struck Puffindom earlier in the year when readers heard of Mrs AWS’s Christmas present falling flat. Her once-in-a-lifetime diverted train trip from Carlisle to Preston via the scenic Settle-Carlisle railway suffered a last second [more…]
Fiction
On Dangerous Ground, Chapter Fourteen
Week Five It was back to work after breakfast, Dave read the report as far as she had typed up. He called Yuri, “sorry to ring on a Sunday, I need something else,” Sally stopped [more…]