Fiction
A Price Too High, Chapter Fourteen
The reports were typed up by 17:00, both of them were worn out. Sally rang and booked a table at the Carvery. On their return the rest of the evening was spent listening to music, [more…]
Literature
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 13th March 2025 The Panel: Emma Reynolds (Labour) Luke Evans (Conservative) Wendy Chamberlain (LibDem) Faiza Shaheen (Economist & Activist) Konstantin Kisin (Podcaster & author) Venue: Wolverhampton Is there a method to Trump’s madness [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Two
Jack Baker called the first official board meeting of Bearcat Foods Inc. to order and, glancing round the table, said, “Good afternoon, people. The first item on the agenda is the election of a Chairman, [more…]
2nd Century
The Gathering at Wadi Nisra
The sun hung low over the barren hills, casting long shadows across the ravaged land. In the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt, Judea lay in ruin—its cities burnt, its people scattered, its hope smothered [more…]
America
Richard Phillips Feynman
Recruited to work on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico under J Robert Oppenheimer, Feynman was also tasked with co-ordinating research and development between Los Alamos and the Oak Ridge Laboratory in Tennessee. [more…]
Culture
A Potteries Idyll
This will be quite brief for a Sharpie article (I can almost hear the collective sighs of relief) but it acts as a bit of a paean to The Potteries, and one not only from [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy-One
Monday Good morning and welcome to another week of my ramblings. It’s rather wet this morning but still not cold. Legohead went off to Scottishland to speak to a half-empty hall of Scottishland Liebore supporters. [more…]
20th Century
Return To The Jernbanemysterium
A phrase lingers in the mind. In passing, Mr. DH — my colleague, a fellow Puffin to us all, and master of that mysterious gift known as the turn of phrase — once summed up [more…]
Fiction
A Price Too High, Chapter Thirteen
It would take almost five hours to drive into London, he decided to park at Hillingdon and take the tube the rest of the way. Hopefully he would be there whilst Jane Goodley was still [more…]