Arts
Postcard from Lille Part 59
I’m at my Utopia, a community in the jungle that I have supported, a place of peace and harmony between peoples. It has been trashed. The Utopians have fought amongst themselves, wrecked the place and [more…]
Literature
Gardening
Ooh, Aarr, A Guide To Rough Vegetable Gardening, Part 2
Alongside the onerous but rewarding task of preparing the ground for planting there are other jobs requiring the rough gardeners attention before the season gets into full swing. Being a Yorkshire man by birth, if [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 9th April 2020 Panel: Brandon Lewis (Conservative) Rachael Reeves (Labour) Peter Openshaw (Medical Expert) Darren McGarvey (Rapper) Ruby Wax (Celebrity) Venue: Uxbridge A few years ago, I went to watch my local XI [more…]
Fiction
The Butcher Began To Kill The Ox, Ch 1
For those new readers who have not yet availed themselves of my first novel, A Coin for the Hangman (available at Amazon as a print or ebook version), I am prefacing this first chapter of [more…]
Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Fifty-Six
Sir Alan stopped his mini pacing. “Just leave now. Vanessa and I will take care of the police. And you can begin your new life of luxury..with one million Europounds in your bank account.” “Just [more…]
20th Century
Dad’s Virus
Music fades. Captain Mainwaring is in his chair at the Church Hall office. Frowns as he looks at the important-looking document in front of him. Sgt Wilson sidles in… Sgt Wilson: “Good evening, sir. [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 2 – Rage, Daniel Copeland’s Story
War Crimes Chapter 2 Of course it had been an accident. He hadn’t even pushed Glen Collier off the raft. Well not technically anyway. It wasn’t Daz who made him lose his balance on the [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Thirty Three
Monday Morning all, welcome to another week’s happenings in Westminster from your favourite cat Diarist (I have to big myself up, no one else will). A story this morning proves that some people never learn. [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Lille Part 58
I’m sitting at the edge of a thinning of the rainforest. My two tail-end Charlies are squatted beside me having just returned from an evening recce. Our other companions are making camp for the night, [more…]