20th Century
A Barren Shore, Part One
This is a personal memoir of several visits to the far north and going realisation of what had always been before my eyes, unseen and recognised. I am not an historian and certainly not of [more…]
Literature
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 15th October 2020 Panel: Douglas Ross (Conservative) Seema Malhotra (Labour) Kate Forbes (SNP) Miriam Brett (Economic Adviser) Ian wood (Businessman) Mark Walport (Scientist) Venue: Edinburgh Old friend of QT Review, Marcus Rashford, has [more…]
18th Century
Holding Hands – Part Two
In Part One, I explained that my husband and I travelled to Moelfre, not far from Oswestry, to see a sculptor by the name of Tony Meadows. During that visit, Tony had made an alginate [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 29 – Morrison’s Story
Chapter 29 – Morrison’s Story “People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” Morrison came down to breakfast and looked at the offerings [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Sixty Two
Monday It’s another week and your Westminster cat correspondent is back with a few tales (I nearly said cat tails). As usual, I sat on the papers after breakfast so that they wouldn’t be moved [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Twenty Four
Singapore being a Commonwealth country the British Embassy was really a High Commission and the Ambassador, a High Commissioner. Since both high commissioners and ambassadors are addressed as ‘Your Excellency’, myself, my wife Nicole and [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 8th October 2020 Panel: Gillian Keegan (Conservative) Andy Burnham (Labour) Donna Kinnair (Royal College of Nursing) Michael Portillo (Broadcaster) Yanis Varoufakis (Economist and Greek Politician) Venue: Coventry In Westminster politics, Coventry is a [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 28 – Edge, the Long Fight Back to Humanity
Chapter 28 – Edge, the Long Fight Back to Humanity He came out of the water at the side of a lake, near where a small river joined the main body of water. The air [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Sixty-One
Monday The start of another week and I’m ready to brief you all on the happenings I observe, but not until I’ve eaten my breakfast and read the papers! Grunt Shatts was asked on TV [more…]