Fiction
Downfall, Chapter Ten
Dave slowly walked back to his place at the table, all eyes were on him, he carefully put his coffee on the table, he didn’t fully pull his chair in. Jane Goodley had seen this [more…]
Literature
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 9th October 2025 The Panel: James Murray (Labour) Nigel Huddleston (Conservative) Zia Yusuf (Reform UK) Zack Polanski (Green Party) Annabel Denham (Journalist) Venue: Shrewsbury We have a first. After all these years of [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Thirty-Two
Jinnie and Penny were stiff after the car journey from Berlin. So far they had not been stopped at any checkpoints, but they had been waved through several. The police seemed to be looking for [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Forty-Two
(Some of this was from weeks ago) Christ on a bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just received a letter from the surgery inviting me to have the Flu and Covid jabs! Extracts: ‘COVID-19 and flu are viruses that can [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Nine
Monday Good morning, friends. A beautiful sunny autumn morning, but my, was it chilly when I ventured out. I’m getting more and more convinced that Legohead is either a moron, or he is doing everything [more…]
Fiction
Downfall, Chapter Nine
On Sunday, they were at Heathrow, they saw Jane Goodley, she handed Sally an envelope, Dave asked why they were there. “To help smooth things along if there are any problems.” “That’s bollocks, me, smooth [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 2nd October 2025 The Panel: Hilary Benn (Labour) Alex Burghart (Conservative) Jonathan Buckley (DUP) John Finucane (Sinn Fein) Aoife Moore (Journalist) Venue: Belfast Hilary Benn (not his real name, Hilary James Wedgwood-Benn) has [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Thirty-One
Jinnie woke up on Saturday morning and for a moment wondered where she was before remembering she was in Manfred’s Berlin apartment. Hanna and ‘Lina’ had left for Hanna’s home in the suburb of Charlottenburg [more…]
Culture
A View (1500 Miles Or So) From The Greenhouse; A Postcard
My loyal reader may recall the birth of my first grandchild, twelve calendar months ago this week. To recap (contextual) it was a traumatic time for the whole family, not least for both mother and [more…]