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View From The Greenhouse; No Gender Change Please, We’re British

11th January 2022 Colin Cross 0

Another year comes around and, with it, a couple of days for quiet reflection, mostly to let the pudding settle. I don’t normally make a start in the old greenhouse much before February, the weather [more…]

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Libel or Legitimate Concern?

11th January 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

In the unique way the internet adds fuel to any fire, an Andrew Neil Twitter thread encouraging people to be vaccinated against coronavirus went from room temperature to the melting point of granite within a [more…]

Fiction

The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 19

9th January 2022 Blown Periphery 0

Edge opened his eyes. The light coming in through the window hurt them, and they were heavily bloodshot. He realised he was in a bed and a young Colombian woman was bustling about, carrying a [more…]

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Mystery Album, Part Seventeen

8th January 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Last time on Mystery Album we decided Helsinki Central Station showed the world a particular kind of Art Deco that stamped on some of the movement’s expectations. Purists half agree, preferring it transitionary from Art [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter One

7th January 2022 Going Postal 0

All the way to work Jinnie was puzzling over what the prime minister had in mind for her this time. When she kissed Paolo goodbye he said, “Stop worrying it will be OK.” Entering the [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

7th January 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 13th September 2001 The Panel: Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrat) Tam Dalyell (Labour) Philip Lader (US Ambassador to London) Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (Journalist) Venue: London In the first part of this Christmas break Question Time [more…]

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J.K. Rowling And The Anti-Semitic Goblins Of Gringotts Bank

6th January 2022 bobo 0

I did not come to the Harry Potter books early and, in truth, I did not come to them easily. One of the gifts that old age bestows is the ability to make up your [more…]

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Sailing my life away, part 31

4th January 2022 Ancient Mariner 0

I had hoped to write more about Piracy in SE Asia in this article and illustrate the region with some of my own photos. But as I wasn’t confined to solitary in my own home [more…]

Fiction

The Colombian Sojurn – Chapter 18

2nd January 2022 Blown Periphery 0

The jungle east of the Andes, following a tributary of the Rio Caqueta. Day One. The first part of the journey was relatively easy, almost enjoyable. It was good going on the banks of the [more…]

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