Fiction
On Dangerous Ground, Chapter Sixteen
Week Six. There was a crowd in the range, the competition, which happened every Sunday was in three parts, inside with a Glock, outside using an SA80, the final part was back inside with a [more…]
Literature
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 23rd April 2026 The Panel: Anas Sarwar (Labour) Russell Findlay (Conservative) Malcolm Offord (Reform UK) Mairi McAllan (SNP) Gillian MacKay (Greens) Alex Cole-Hamilton (Lib Dem) Venue: Aberdeen In the run-up to the pivotal [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Twenty-Seven
Jinnie said, “I’m sorry, Dawn, did you say my new Spanish teacher was in Reception?” “That’s right, Dame Jinnie, Professor Carlos Sanchez from Cambridge University.” “Please give him a visitor pass and ask him to [more…]
19th Century
The Scrapbook of Sherlock Holmes, 2/6: The Missing Archbishop. Part 1 of 2
I do not think that the events I describe below can be published in my lifetime; indeed, for the good of the British state and the British public, it may be necessary to conceal them [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Twenty-Three
Monday Good morning, my friends, and a Happy Easter Monday to you all. I hope you have had a load of chocolate eggs. It is a beautiful, sunny morning here in London, with not a [more…]
Fiction
On Dangerous Ground, Chapter Fifteen
Week Five Continued He sat in the lounge thinking, there were three possible outcomes, he would see a load of secret service agents come through the door and he would be arrested, Nathaniel Dawes would [more…]
Arts
Always Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 16th April 2026 The Panel: Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour) Darren Millar (Conservative) Jane Dodds (LibDem) Dan Thomas (Reform UK) Anthony Slaughter (Greens) Venue: Cardiff Question One: What’s happening at Question Time? Trailed as an [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Twenty-Six
Jinnie eventually managed to call Izzy and to tell her that the sat nav was predicting they would be home in 24 minutes. Izzy said, “That’s excellent, it gives me time to get the veg [more…]
Culture
A View From (Inside) The Greenhouse; We’re All “Boomer Millionaires” Now!
Some people might call it bad luck, others would, I have little doubt, consider it bad management whereas others (possibly the majority) might even brand it as laziness. However you choose to view what happened, [more…]