Biography
Sailing my life away, part 1
This article is the first of what may become a series if it attracts enough interest. It’s title has been inspired by a song performed by the Everly Brothers that was Number One on the [more…]
Literature
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Presidential Debate Review
Presidential Debate 22nd October 2020 Contestants: President Donald J Trump (Republican) Former Vice President Jo Biden (Democrat) Venue: Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee sits in ‘rattle through’ as well as ‘fly over’ America. Your humble author has [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 31 – The Detective’s story
Chapter 31 – The Detective’s story Detective Inspector Charles Hope made his way up to the Major Investigation Team’s offices, on the second floor of the Headquarters of the Thames Valley Police at Kidlington in [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Sixty Four
Monday Good Morning Cat lovers. Another week and a lot happening here. Someone came round yesterday to check out if the central heating ready for the official turn on. The Civil Serpents do like to [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Twenty Six
The first rule of diplomacy is to be nice to everybody all of the time, especially at Singapore’s social event of the season, the British High Commissioner’s annual bash. Even when cornered by North Korea’s [more…]
20th Century
A Barren Shore, Part Two
An even greater slab of armour plate than the one we had stumbled across decades before, stood upright blankly showing its wounds, punched through and scored by shot, rusty red, the memorial to those Finns [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 22th October 2020 Panel: Nicky Morgan (Conservative) Bridget Phillipson (Labour) Anne Longfield (Children’s Commissioner) Stephen Fitzpatrick (Businessman) Joseph Stiglitz (Ecconomist) Venue: Sedgefield Question Time continues to struggle to find its bearings in black [more…]
Hobbies
Car Review: Porsche 997 Gen 1 911 Turbo
I purchased this car in 2013, following the demise of my Carrera 4 996 911. The 996 series of 911 suffered from cylinder liner failure, amongst many other problems, which is what nabbed mine. The [more…]
18th Century
Holding Hands – Part Three
The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring. In [more…]