Arts
THE FINAL HONK
Yesterday, I spent some time with the dead. I hadn’t intended to visit the natural burial ground set just below the Jack and Jill Windmills on the South Downs but the weather was good and [more…]
Literature
America
A View From The Greenhouse; Far Right Extremism (Innit?)
Welcome everyone, to my bi-weekly missive on all things “green”, some things bizarre and some things which may appear “made up” but which most definitely aren’t. Back to something like 90% fitness I’ve spent the [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 5 – Tel Aviv and Camp Mitkan Adam, May 2006
Afarin stared out of the starboard window of the Boeing 737. She had watched the approach over the sea and the turn to line up with the runway. Below were the eastern suburbs of Tel [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Part One Hundred and Forty Three
Monday Happy bank holiday, people. It is very quiet in London this morning. The family didn’t come home yesterday so I assumed they will be back late today. That suits me, all the papers have [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s War – Book Three, Chapter Nineteen
The party slowly assembled in a large meeting room on the Genoa naval base. When the girls arrived the GOI contingent were sitting around drinking coffee and one or two were smoking despite the prominent [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 12th May 2022 The Panel: Suella Braverman (Conservative) Shabana Mahmood (Labour) Geoff Norcott (Comedian) Miatta Fahnbulleh (Economist) Sebastian Vettel (F1 Driver) Venue: Hackney QT Review is proud to announce that, in a first [more…]
20th Century
The War Correspondent, Part Two
Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) During the course of World War II the Press War Correspondent found himself in competition with [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 4 – May 2006.
Contains descriptions of sexual relations. He had never seen him so angry. Bartlett didn’t do shouting anger, but he was extremely good at cold fury. “The responsibility of Guardian angels is to watch over people [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Forty Two
Monday Good morning people, it’s one of those days that looks better through the window. It’s lovely and sunny but when you wander down the garden there is a chilly breeze. Bozzie and the Little [more…]