Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Twelve
The day after the Election Jinnie slept late, in fact the whole house did. By the time she got downstairs and put the TV on the Reform Party had a 99 seat majority with two [more…]
Literature
Arts
GB News Review
GB News 9th September 2021 Present: Mike Read (DJ, Author and Chairman of the British Plaque Trust) Nigel Farage (Broadcaster) Venue: Pints of View As the schools in England return after their summer break, Andrew [more…]
20th Century
The Road to Karachi
To a newspaperman, I suppose, the real excitement of a special assignment is its glorious uncertainty. Like lightning, it never strikes the same place twice. A couple of summers ago I was sunbathing on the [more…]
Arts
Eastern Tide Meets Western Shore – Part Two
Aleppo ‘No, Monsieur. I have only two other passengers – both English. A colonel from India, and a young English lady from Baghdad. Does Monsieur require anything?’ Monsieur demanded a small bottle of Perrier. Five [more…]
Fiction
The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter One
Mark Edge is losing it. After a disastrous operation in Afghanistan, he lashes out at an American SEAL, who Edge knows is responsible for the death of one of his own men. His Officers on [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Nine
Monday Morning all. Well, it has started off a bit grey but I understand it is going to get sunny later so the windowsill is still a possibility. I find it intriguing that only six [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Seventy One
Rose our maid woke me as the sun approached the yardarm and presented me with Mr Lee’s access all areas card. I walked across Dumfries Street towards the school for savants which was a one [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Eleven
It was about 6:30 and the Walsh family were nearly home from Windsor when Mr Walsh asked, “Anyone hungry?”. Jinnie realised she was famished, she had only managed a cup of tea and a scone [more…]
Arts
GB News Review
GB News 2nd September 2021 Present: Rupert Allason (Former Conservative MP) Nigel West (Author) Nigel Farage (Broadcaster) Venue: Pints of View Rupert William Simon Allason, who writes as Nigel West, was born in London in [more…]