19th Century
A Bear’s Diary – Part 20
June 13th, 1810 (June 1st O.S.). We have left Novaya Zemlya, to general relief, and are sailing down the west side of the island to resume our eastward course. No one enjoyed our sojourn in [more…]
Literature
Arts
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review
Question Time 2nd May 2019 Panel: Kate Andrews (Associate Director of Institute of Economic Affairs – Leaver) Sonia Sodha (advisor to Ed Millimong, now chief leader writer at the Observer, aka the Sunday Grauniad – [more…]
Arts
The Unseen Path – Publication
The first Going Postal serialised novel – The Unseen Path – is now published and available to purchase. It was serialised over the course of about 11 months in 2017/18, and ran to about 180,000 [more…]
Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Eleven
Joe Malone is finishing up at the home of Super-Remainer, Lord Marmon-Herrington Bixby. He has discovered papers, passports, and a pistol in Lady Bixby’s safe. And a box of polished diamonds. Lady Bixby has changed [more…]
19th Century
A Bear’s Diary – Part 19
March 29th, 1810 (March 17th O.S.). We have good news brought by one of the Count’s agents returning from St Petersburg. A suitable ship has been found and purchased, and is now on her long [more…]
Arts
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review
Question Time 25th April 2019 Panel: Caroline Lucas: Green MP (Remain) Vince Cable: LibDem MP (Remain) John Ashworth: Labour MP (Remain) Victoria Atkins (Tory MP Remain) John Rhys-Davies (Actor. Leaver) Venue: Nottingham In the first [more…]
Arts
Winnie The Pooh and the Brexit Delivery Group
“So,” said Pooh, scanning the assembled animals who had joined his Brexit Delivery Group under the misapprehension that there would be free biscuits and tea, “Following the Downing Street Coup, we have been given the [more…]
Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Ten
Private Inspector Joe Malone, is investigating the disappearance of the husband of Lady Bixby. He is at her fabulous home in Stanmore, North London. Lady Bixby has been tipsy and flirtatious. But helpful and apparently [more…]
19th Century
A Bear’s Diary – Part 18
December 22nd, 1809 (December 10th O.S.). Count Bagarov has taken Fred’s advice about using a bomb ship to penetrate the North-East Passage, and has sent one of his agents to St Petersburg to try to [more…]