Authoritarianism
Veg Growing In A Pandemic (Is Enough Ever Enough)
Firstly, let’s get something out of the way. I never was a violent man. Even in my youth, when a “scrap” was seen as a rite of passage, I did my level best to avoid [more…]
Literature
Arts
Film Review: Big Trouble in Little China
“Big Trouble in Little China” by warpafx is licensed under CC BY 2.0 As a director, John Carpenter is very much hit and miss when it comes to critical acclaim and box office success. For [more…]
Arts
Book Review: Honest, Not Invent
Stanislav, a young Polish plumber, in reality a creation of blogger Ismael Smith, now sadly no longer with us. His comments first appeared below the line in the place we don’t speak of, and subsequently [more…]
Fiction
The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 23
While Jarvis was undergoing his rehabilitation to strengthen his legs and rebuild muscle, Edge undertook his last mission for the UK Special Forces. Jarvis had so much wanted to thank his comrade who had truly [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Ninety Seven
Monday What a beautiful morning, at long last it is beginning to look like summer is here. I reckon Bozzie has the luck of the Devil. It has been a rotten month and the day [more…]
20th Century
Book Review: Mani, Travels in the Southern Peloponnese by Patrick Leigh-Fermor
It is no secret that I absolutely love the writing of Patrick Leigh-Fermor, a man whose life would have been wonderfully interesting even if he had never published a word. I sketched out something of [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Fifty Nine
Myself, Natasha Williams and a borrowed pushchair bound toddler called Jakey are on a bench in a rain-soaked Battishill Road Gardens in London’s Islington. We are disguised as a young family while having a secret [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Twenty One
Joey’s Challenger 2 trundled down Potters Bar High Street followed by the other two tanks of his troop and the mixed bag of APCs and IFVs. Quite a lot of people were lining the pavements [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 10th June 2021 Panel: Gillian Keegan (Conservative) Lucy Powell (Labour) Kavita Oberoi (Businesswoman) Yanis Varoufakis (Economist & politician) Frank Luntz (Pollster) Venue: London & Greece Now that his teeth are better, your reviewer [more…]