Biography
Take Your Daughter to Work Day
Prologue by Roger Ackroyd Recently located in the piles of papers here at Ackroyd Towers was a copy of a report made by Lily Ackroyd on her “Take your daughter to work day” assignment for [more…]
Literature
Biography
Sailing my life away, part 16
REFLECTIONS ON PIRACY I appreciated the warm reception given to Part 15 from several people and thank them all for reading and commenting on it. I especially wish good fortune and happy sailing to [more…]
Arts
Fiction
The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 22
Op Ellamy 2011 In a news broadcast on 19th January 2012, the BBC revealed that units from 22 SAS had been redeployed to Libya as part of Operation Ellamy, the British Prime Minister David Cameron’s [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Ninety-Six
Monday A strange morning, I woke up to sun streaming in through the window, but by the time I got out of the cat flap the sun had disappeared and a huge black cloud was [more…]
17th Century
Book Review: The Noble Revolt by John Adamson
So, you know all about the causes of and lead up to the English Civil War? John Pym was leader of the Parliamentarian party, it was all about taxation or religious tolerance… Everyone knows that, [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Fifty Eight
Back in London, I struggled to touch base with my colleague, Miss Natasha Williams, the other half of my nascent Operation Swaling, neglected by myself as I was sent north to play my part in [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Twenty
Colour Sergeant Jones and his troop now had full fuel tanks on their Challenger 2s, thanks to the friendly farmer. Looking at his GPS navigation computer it told him that he had enough, not just [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 3rd June 2021 Panel: Lucy Frazer (Conservative) Peter Kyle (Labour) Heather McGregor (Academic) Anthony Costello (Independant sage) Jenni Murray (Broadcaster) Venue: London & Edinburgh First question. Only £1.4 billion extra for school funding? [more…]