Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Thirty-Six
The screen was replaying the police chief, McCarey’s, earlier conference. But now my face was clearly visible in an inset on the screen. With Joe Malone underneath as a caption. I had been named. I [more…]
Literature
Fiction
Ex-Liberals: Rosie and Gideon’s Caravan
Before embarking on this new story, I want to thank all Puffins for awarding me a prize in the June Competition. It is too much honour to bestow on an old bat like me holed [more…]
Fiction
Némésis – Book 2 Part 3
Cécile passed the language course with considerable effort on her part. The history and culture aspect she found to be relatively easy and she did surprisingly well in written Arabic, but she struggled on the [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Nine, Animal Prison
Monday I had a lovely day yesterday, it was so nice and peaceful here in Downing Street with Bozzie and the Otter away. I didn’t see Dilyn all day, I wonder if he is in [more…]
Arts
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review
Question Time 24th October 2019 South Tyneside voted 49,000 to 30,000 to Leave at the Referendum. It is represented in parliament by Labour MP, Emma Lewell-Buck. She employed her husband as “researcher” despite him being [more…]
Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Thirty-Five
Ch 35 – Deer Stalker. The sun was well up now. Nina’s Novazyanka had taken me out. I had slept for more than two hours, that was for sure. Leo’s phone said 1.01pm. I tried [more…]
Fiction
Némésis – Book 2 Part 2
London, Sunday 14th January 2018 – Spooks It had been a short walk from Vauxhall Cross, across Lambeth Bridge and then north to the Costa Coffee house just off Trafalgar Square. As it was a [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Eight
Monday Unlike my prediction on Saturday, yesterday was reasonably peaceful here at Number 10. The only thing worth mentioning was that David Cameron is stirring it up again in the Sunday papers. Everyone hates a [more…]
Arts
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review
Question Time 17th October 2019 Leicester voted to Remain by a small margin (71k to 68k). On the BBC QT Twitter page it has come up with three “essential facts” about Leicester: Leicester won the [more…]