Literature
A Train Journey
We woke up at 6 o’clock, packed our packs and clutching our 2nd class, reserved berth tickets caught our favourite rickshaw for the 10 minute journey to Margao station where our train to Bangalore was [more…]
Literature
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings, Part Seventeen
What a time to be alive; so much going on it’s hard to keep track. There are amusing things, unamusing things closely followed by lots of WTAF! The (unsurprising news) that there is corruption at [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Eight
Monday Good morning, fellow Puffins. It’s frosty out there this morning, but the sun is on its way up. Last week, I told you Legohead was at Chequers for the weekend, but I didn’t know [more…]
20th Century
Interesting Lives
After happening upon some sad news at the breakfast table the other morning, I sighed, folded my newspaper and gazed wistfully out of the window across the frost-pinched meadows of my native Debatable Lands. Beyond [more…]
Fiction
A Price Too High, Chapter Ten
Dave sat at his laptop, on a spreadsheet he was listing all the money he had spent. Some was his own, the rest was from the £150k given to him. It didn’t take long, downstairs, [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 13th February 2025 The Panel: Jacqui Smith (Labour) Danny Kruger (Conservative) Lisa Smart (LibDem) George Monbiot (Activist) Matthew Goodwin (Writer) Venue: Northwich On Question Time only a few weeks ago – as the [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Book Seven – Chapter Thirty-Three
From the chairman’s seat, Jinnie called the SuperBurger board meeting to order. Looking at the faces around the table, she knew she had to start with an explanation. “I have some extremely sad news to [more…]
Holiday
Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part Four
Wednesday 1st January 2025 – At Sea As usual, I was awake just after six, as seems to be the habit this cruise. I lay in bed for a bit and messaged “Happy New Year” [more…]
Hobbies
Northumberland, Part One
It takes a week to cycle from Penzance to Berwick. It took me 40 years. Because on the way, I wanted to include every town in England, in what amounted to some two years of [more…]