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20th Century

‘The Promised Land,’ by Anon

2nd June 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

Before the invention of social media, people in workplaces found ways to share humour, satire, and political commentary through handwritten or copied notes circulating informally among colleagues. Employees might create cartoons or sarcastic messages poking [more…]

Holmes and Watson
19th Century

The Scrapbook of Sherlock Holmes, 5/6: The Wolf Man of Mayfair. Part 1 of 2

31st May 2026 Tachybaptus 0

It was a sunny spring morning, and even amid the noise from busy Baker Street the open window admitted the song of a blackbird. Holmes laid down the News Chronicle to address himself to a [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Twenty-Nine

31st May 2026 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, everyone. It’s nice and sunny at the moment, but there is thunder and lightning forecast for later. I don’t like all those flashes and bangs. As usual, Legohead has been at Chequers [more…]

Fiction

Bombs and Betrayal, Chapter Two

30th May 2026 Going Postal 0

Jane Goodley wasn’t in her office, Howard said she had been in meetings almost constantly since yesterday morning. “Has there been any progress?” “They have been studying the CCTV yesterday, it’s possible they have picked [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

29th May 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time AI Special 28th May 2026 The Panel: Darren Jones (Labour) Julia Lopez (Conservative) Laura Gilbert (Tony Blair Institute) Mo Gadwat (AI Pioneer) Victor Riparbelli (CEO, Synthesia) Venue: Dulwich Penned in 2022, a G-P [more…]

Arts

Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Thirty-Two

28th May 2026 Going Postal 0

A happy Alberto left Jinnie and headed back to his office. Jinnie sat pondering the question of whom she should pitch the job of CEO of TT SuperBurger to. It was a major problem. She [more…]

Diary

A View From (Just Adjacent To) The Greenhouse; King O T’North….Issit?

26th May 2026 Colin Cross 0

Over the course of my fortnightly ramblings, my loyal reader may, (or more likely) may not have noticed a growing pile of rotting wood inside a rail fence which sits just outside the shed. It [more…]

Holmes and Watson.
19th Century

The Scrapbook of Sherlock Holmes, 4/6: The Fulham Poltergeist. Part 2 of 2

24th May 2026 Tachybaptus 0

Following Holmes’s instructions, the next afternoon I visited the Fulham Road. At its east end, where it forms the boundary between Kensington and Chelsea, it is lined with the white stuccoed houses of the moderately [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Twenty-Eight

24th May 2026 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, my friends, from a warm but cloudy Downing Street. After last week’s disastrous by-election for the Government, Legohead has spent the weekend struggling to come to terms with things. He seems to [more…]

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