History
The Road Back to Normandy
In May 1954 my uncle John Alldridge returned to Normandy. This is his report for the Manchester Evening News. The lines at the end are by A E Housman They are building a new motor [more…]
Literature
Book Review
Book Review: The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
This is the second novel by Stuart Turton, his first being the excellent The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, which I reviewed a few months ago. Turton has created another ‘whodunit’ story, this time on [more…]
Book Review
Book Review: “The Parasitic Mind” by Gad Saad
I remember watching War Room and an interview with Gad Saad with his talk about campus wokeism, SJW’s, feminism and transgenderism. Saad is a Lebanese Jew who escaped from Lebanon along with his family and [more…]
Fiction
The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 3
For security reasons the FCDO advise against all but essential travel to: the departments of Arauca and Guaviare (except their capital cities) the department of Chocó (except its capital Quibdó, the whale-watching towns of Nuquí [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Eleven
Monday Morning all. Another week of reporting starts for your intrepid cat reporter and I must admit that the first few days are looking good. Firstly, from a weather point of view, it should be [more…]
19th Century
Mystery Album, Part One
A mystery album has fallen into my possession presenting a number of fascinating puzzles and thus far unanswered questions. Featuring a family, most certainly of wealth and importance, no captions are written beneath or on [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Thirteen
Jinnie was waiting outside the barracks when, much to her surprise a Land Rover Discovery pull up driven by a Lance Jack. Opening his window he looked at her with disgust and said, “I guess [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 16th September 2021 The Panel: James Heappey (Conservative) Kate Green (Labour) Andrew Neil (Broadcaster) Nandra Ahmed (Social care professional) Nels Abbey (Writer) Venue: Croydon Last week, Review joshed that Andrew Neil, following his [more…]
20th Century
Behind the Lines
Recently, there have been several articles on the major engagements in World War II, and it occurred to me that some Puffins might be interested in learning about the behind the scenes support of our [more…]