Literature

Larry’s Diary Week Twenty Four

2nd February 2020 Going Postal 5096 Comments

Monday Well, my diary collaborator, WG, got back from his holiday yesterday but when I contacted him all l got was a few grunts, I suspect he was a bit jet lagged! He wasn’t the [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

31st January 2020 Always Worth Saying 5148 Comments

Question Time 30th January 2020 Panel: James Cleverley (Conservative) Sarah Jones (Labour) Minette Batters (National Farmers Union) Sacha Lord (Businessman) Geoff Norcott (Comedian) Venue: Buxton In his ignorance and over-optimism, dear reader, your humble reviewer [more…]

Tales from the Book Crypt

30th January 2020 Roger Ackroyd 3119 Comments

As a regular visitor to and buyer at auctions across the South of England I have become used to viewing lots and waiting for hours for the items I am interested in to come under [more…]

Joe Malone, Part Forty-Six

28th January 2020 Going Postal 3639 Comments

I wanted some answers. I wanted some answers right now. And people in this house were going to give them to me. Lady Vanessa, for one. Ch 46 – Honey, I’m Home! I stood up [more…]

stanislav the Polish plumber, Going Postal

The Book of Ruin – Book One, Ch. One

27th January 2020 stanislav the Polish plumber 3273 Comments

BOOK ONE, A RUINOUS FEUD . It is in an old, roofless, dilapidated building, without windows or doors, more a few piles of rubble than a building, set in a devastated, once-urban wilderness, two hundred [more…]

Némésis – Book 3 Part 3

26th January 2020 Blown Periphery 2872 Comments

Halward’s Road Trip 16th February 2018 The lead vehicle saw the following command Supacat grind to a halt and doubled back. The crew had dismounted and Ellis and Carson were under the vehicle. James Ellis [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

24th January 2020 Always Worth Saying 3574 Comments

Question Time 23rd January 2020 Panel: Theresa Villiers (Conservative) Emily Thornberry (Labour) Trevor Phillips (Broadcaster) Mike Barton (Former Chief Constable) Sarah Baxter (Sunday Times) Venue: Stoke Newington Dear reader, had this week’s Question Time been [more…]

Labour

23rd January 2020 Colin Cross 2686 Comments

Then “Now then our Colin, what is it tha’s thinking about doing when tha’ leaves school”. The question came completely out of the blue. It was Saturday morning and Colin was in the cobblers shed [more…]

Joe Malone, Part Forty-Five

21st January 2020 Going Postal 3124 Comments

It was then that I realised that this wasn’t old medical data at all. It was current data. It was now. Real-time live. And Lord Bixby had just moved from a steady fifteen, to a [more…]