Literature
Words Part Six
Horatius! Had forgotten about that stirring epic poem. Good to see it getting an airing. I read this extract from ‘The Prophet’ by Kahil Gibran in my speech at my daughter’s wedding. ‘And a woman [more…]
Literature
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Eight
Monday Good morning my friends, and welcome to another week of my musings. Bright and sunny this morning, but it is colder than yesterday. So Legohead thinks that being critical of Robber Reeves is sexist. [more…]
Fiction
Downfall, Chapter Eighteen
The car picked them up on time, Dave sat in the front, Sally and Jane Goodley in the back, there ID’s were checked off at the visitor entrance. It was a wait until a guard [more…]
Education
The Party’s Over, It’s Time to Call it a Day
There are many reasons why I took on the job as caretaker. The school is just across the road, the pay is reasonable for the hours worked, I am, technically, my own boss and I [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 4th December 2025 The Panel: Mike Tapp (Labour) Kieran Mullan (Conservative) Daisy Cooper (LibDem) Zia Yusuf (Reform UK) Zack Polanski (Green Party) Venue: Dover Let’s play multicultural cricket. It’s been a while. Raven-haired [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Eight
Jinnie stood in the queue at the Heathrow Artisan Sandwich shop waiting to be served. She rather liked the fact that she was queuing, it meant the branch was doing good business. Jinnie reached the [more…]
Communism
Overland to Russia, Part Three
“So how are things in Russia today?” The taxi driver was a burly, working-class man in his 50s; I imagined a brickie now too old for the game. He thought briefly and mumbled a reply [more…]
Literature
A wet Saturday in 2016
As the title suggests, it was a wet Saturday in March of 2016. The EU referendum had been announced and I saw this is a chance to put things right. Both my parents voted to [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Forty-Six
Wanting to contribute something to the blog a while back I started these musings (a.k.a. ramblings of an old git) and I do enjoy letting my mind rove over the past, and occasionally a thought [more…]