Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Eighty Nine
Monday Another week and another Monday morning but this is a holiday and there are not many in the office today. Bozzie has one of his good suits on so I guess he’s doing another [more…]
Literature
Arts
The Swaling, Part Fifty One
Myself and Davies are two dots in the landscape running along county roads from Sleescale to a neighbouring town. Occasionally, we take short cuts across farmer’s fields. The weather is cold. So cold that the [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Thirteen
The news that the couple in the bombed car were Professor Wolff and his wife hit the university hard. There was a memorial service attended by many of the students. As a member of the [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 15th April 2021 Panel: Bernard Jenkin (Conservative) Rosie Duffield (Labour) Xand van Tulleken (TV Presenter) Geoff Norcott (Comedian) Ayesha Hazarika (Labour Commentator) Venue: London This week, all of the panellists and Ms Bruce [more…]
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…]
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…]