Biography
Sailing my life away, Part 25
Dear Readers, I plan to leave Alchemi in Stornaway for the duration of this article and take you on another trip in the Time Machine. Those who join me will flit forwards over [more…]
Literature
Literature
Coronation Street
Scene: The Rovers Return. The Snug. Sometime in the run up to Christmas 1967. Minnie: Eeeeew, Ena, do wind up your face. I’ve never sin thee looking so mardy in a long while. Ena: I’ll [more…]
Fiction
The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 6
Edge came out of the ablution tent and saw Rivera talking to the pilot, on the far side of the aircraft standing. She was facing him and he waved, but whether she didn’t see him [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Fourteen
Monday Gosh, it was wet when I woke up, but it’s lovely and sunny now. I hope it stays this way for an afternoon snooze. Bozzie was sniggering at breakfast about being called scum. I [more…]
20th Century
Mystery Album, Part Four
Having exhausted the train photographs to the middle of our mystery album, with care we shall turn its century-old leaves to the front. Those locomotive photos were from 1925, therefore the next set of reproductions [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Sixteen
Jinnie drove her Mini into the car park at the university halls of residence and parked in a spot where she now knew the car would be visible from the flat. Looking up at the [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 7th October 2021 The Panel: Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) Lisa Nandy (Labour) Minette Batters (NFU) Nick Ferrari (Broadcaster) Rosie Jones (Comedian) Venue: Aldershot We’re doomed, doomed I tell you, doomed, said first questioner Hassan [more…]
20th Century
The Road Back to Normandy, Part Two
In May 1954 my uncle John Alldridge returned to Normandy. This is his second report for the Manchester Evening News. From Arromanches to Bayeux is only about seven miles. By car you can be there and [more…]
Fiction
The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 5
The air coming off the mountains was wonderfully cool. Because of its proximity to the equator, the mean temperature was a constant 27 degrees. It was an ideal country to grow crops, many kinds of [more…]