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A Bear’s Diary – Part 24

2nd June 2019 Tachybaptus 2301 Comments

December 1st, 1810. We have crossed the Equator again, in the opposite direction. Our polar bears Boris and Beaivi must be the first of their kind to have ventured into the Southern Hemisphere, if only [more…]

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Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

31st May 2019 Roger Ackroyd 3580 Comments

Question Time 30th May 2019 Panel: Barry “Pip” Gardiner (Remainer) Jo “Squeak” Swinson (Remainer) Rory “Wilfred” Stewart (Remainer) Stephen Pinker (Psychologist and Remainer) Alex Phillips (Brexit MEP) Venue: Epsom, Surrey (52 Remain/48 Leave) Pinker is [more…]

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Joe Malone, Part Fifteen

28th May 2019 Going Postal 2780 Comments

Joe Malone, searching for clues to the disappearance of Lord Bixby, has just arrived with Bixby’s wife, Lady Vanessa, at the Reform Club in Pall Mall. We got out of her car. She motioned her [more…]

19th Century

A Bear’s Diary – Part 23

26th May 2019 Tachybaptus 4480 Comments

November 15th, 1810. We have just crossed the Equator. Only one sailor on board, Misha, has been in the southern hemisphere before. He told us that it is customary for those who ‘cross the line’ [more…]

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Polling Day in Scotland

24th May 2019 DH 4108 Comments

Ah cannae f**kin’ baleeve tha Sarge hos sent me oot tae guard some f**kin’ sh*thoose poalen stashun en Govanhill aw day wi’ wee Kenny tha prubashunah. “That Sturjan c**t’s prolly gonnae be hingin’ aboot,” he [more…]

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Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

24th May 2019 Roger Ackroyd 4622 Comments

Question Time 23rd May 2019 Panel: Simon Jordan (Entrepreneur. Sports Journo and erstwhile owner of Crystal Palace FC) Damien Green (Tory. Porno enthusiast and Remainer) Tracy Brabin (Labour. Ex Coronation Street actress. Remainer) Miatta Fahnbulleh [more…]

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Joe Malone, Part Fourteen

21st May 2019 Going Postal 4083 Comments

Private Investigator Joe Malone, working on the disappearance of Lord Bixby, is travelling to Central London. Lady Bixby is driving. They had just left Chief Inspector Flittock at her North London home. The Chief is [more…]

19th Century

A Bear’s Diary – Part 22

19th May 2019 Tachybaptus 2260 Comments

October 12th, 1810 (September 30th O.S.). We sail on, occupied by many small repairs necessary after the storm. Damaged blocks have to be replaced, and lashings that have worked loose need remaking. Yet all in [more…]

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Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

17th May 2019 Roger Ackroyd 4886 Comments

Question Time 16th May 2019 Panel: Eilidh Douglas (Amnesty International. Pro-Independence. Brexiteer) Christine Jardine (LibDem and ex-BBC) John Swinney (SNP) Richard Leonard (Scottish Labour) Bim Afolami (Tory) Venue: Elgin The first thing that came to [more…]

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