Arts
Postcard from Lille Part 55
At the end of a veranda, which separated the novice nun’s dormitory from the school’s basketball court, was a ‘shower’. A pyramid of plastic buckets sat below a tap which part filled them as it [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 12th March 2020 Panel: Steve Barclay (Conservative) Louise Haigh (Labour) Pete Wishart (SNP) Richard Walker (Retailer) Professor John Ashton (Medical Expert) Venue: West Bromwich Your humble reviewer has been to West Bromwich and [more…]
Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Fifty-Two
The bullets spat from the sub machine gun muzzle in a series of white flashes. I saw a puff of brick shards explode inches from my eyes as one bullet went into the wall in [more…]
Arts
Free Speech with Dr Ginsberg
I had a rare opportunity to speak to one of the foremost advocates of free speech recently, Dr Ernst Stavro Ginsberg, this was just some of the insight from this conversation. Q I understand that [more…]
Fiction
Némésis – Book 3 Part 9
Ad Dumayr Syria 23rd February 2018 Working through her grief, Ripley ritually washed Pela’s little body and then went back into the dead fighter’s hut and found a beautiful, royal blue chador in the [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Twenty Nine
Monday Well, that was a lovely wet and windy weekend. I didn’t go outside any more than was absolutely essential, it’s not nice getting wet fur and being blown all over the place. I’d much [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille Part 54
Lille, Nord Pas de Calais. 26 November 2018 11:04 am In Lille, the six of us wander the Boulevards, very impressive they are too. Making for the Lille Eye, a giant Ferris wheel installed for [more…]
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Postcard from Ruthin
A few days ago I spent a morning in Ruthin. My car needed some work and the nearest main dealer is there, so I dropped it off and went for a walk. Ruthin is a [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 5th March 2020 Panel: Matt Hancock (Conservative) Margaret Beckett (Labour) Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat) Tim Stanley (Journalist) Xan van Tullekan (TV Doctor) Venue: Royal Tunbridge Wells Your humble reviewer has previously been royally [more…]