History
Mancs, Marx and Mill Towns
More notes from 45 years of cycling If you are following this series, you will know that my kind of curiosity is one that is still making money, or at least providing a public service [more…]
Literature
Biography
Sailing my life away, part 12
PREFACE REFLECTIONS ON FREEDOM Oh dear! 12 April 2021 is the first day we’ve been let out of our cages and I’m frightened. The world outside seems a big, scary and uninteresting place – please [more…]
Arts
Four Weeks One Summer, Part Two
St Ermin’s Hotel sits exactly, to the inch, halfway between Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Westminster. A four-star hotel and a Grade II listed late Victorian building, designed in the Queen Ann revival style, [more…]
Fiction
The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 14
They were soon to discover that Afarin Khan had one hell of an attitude. To be fair, it was their own fault and in the attempt to keep her out of harm’s way, she was [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Eighty Eight
Monday Good morning humans, it was a bit grey when I went out this morning, but now I have finished my Felix I can see the sunshine through the kitchen window. I will have to [more…]
Book Review
Book Review: The Age of Arthur by John Morris
One of the most controversial books about the end of the Roman presence in Britain and the Sub-Roman Britain which survived until the modern shape of a Britain divided into England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Fifty
“Very nice,” declared the Colonel while the pair of us looked towards a bungalow, stable block and paddock, one of a number of exclusive homes sitting in a knot about twenty minutes drive from the [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Twelve
Thursday and Friday were normal lecture days for Jinnie and she was mostly able to concentrate on her studies. Of course, rumours about the “accidents” continued to spread and the more the state-controlled media stuck [more…]
Arts
Most Popular Ever Question Time Reviewed
Question Time 22nd October 2009 Panel: Sayeeda Hussain Warsi (Conservative) Jack Straw (Labour) Nick Griffin (British National Party) Chris Huhne (LibDem) Bonnie Greer (Author) Venue: London With Question Time absent for another week, QT Review [more…]