19th Century
A Bear’s Diary – Part 23
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…]
Literature
Fiction
Polling Day in Scotland
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…]
Arts
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review
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…]
Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Fourteen
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
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…]
Arts
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review
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…]
Fiction
Joe Malone, Part Thirteen
We had a rendezvous at the reform Club, in London. Lord Bixby had scheduled an appointment there for tonight. I wanted to see who his companions were and if they were showing up. Maybe they [more…]
19th Century
A Bear’s Diary – Part 21
August 28th, 1810 (August 16th O.S.). Finally we are through the strait between Asia and America. After our long sojourn in a region where the chart shows only pictures of sea monsters, we are again [more…]
Arts
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review
Question Time 9th May 2019 Panel: Anna Soubry (Standing-At-the-Back-Looking-Mad-and-Barking-at-the-Moon Party) Amber Rudd (Standing-on-Beachy-Head-Contemplating-Jumping-to-EULand Party) Jonathan Reynolds (Labour Shadow Economics Secretary. Standing-Anywhere-You-Want-Me-To Party) John Mills (Chair of Labour Leave until last year. Donated £1.65 million to [more…]