Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Thirty-Four
Jinnie collapsed on her bunk on the USS Jack H. Lucas and realised that she was both tired and hungry. But before anything else, she needed to clean her rifle and return it to the [more…]
Literature
Animals
A View From (The Little Plot Just By) The Greenhouse; The Manipulation Of “Britishness”
Since my last missive the weather’s taken a bit of a turn for the worse, but then it is summer in England. Some of the plants, as is the way with nature, are grateful for [more…]
19th Century
The Scrapbook of Sherlock Holmes, 6/6: The Giant Rat of Sumatra. Part 1 of 2
In a record of one of our previous cases, to which I gave the somewhat lurid title ‘The Sussex Vampire’, my friend described the episode of the so-called Giant Rat of Sumatra as something ‘for [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Thirty
Monday Good morning, my lovely readers, and my, was it hot when I went out this morning. I got back and my duty feeder had put my Felix in my bowl, so I scoffed it [more…]
Fiction
Bombs and Betrayal, Chapter Three
The train was packed with no chance to talk, it wasn’t until they were home, he relayed the conversation before they left. Sally also wondered if they had been told the full truth. While Sally [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 4th June 2026 The Panel: Andy Burnham (Labour) Michael Winstanley (Conservative) Robert Kenyon (Reform UK) Jake Austin (Liberal Democrat) Sarah Wakefield (Green Party) Venue: Makerfield As ever, the dullard of the family is [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Thirty-Three
The Delta stewardess on the hop from New York whispered into Jinnie’s ear, “Dame Jinnie, the pilot has just received a message to say the military will meet you and your sister on the airbridge [more…]
Arts
Reading – A Love Story: The University Years 1983-1985
Leaving school is a very big change in life. Some go off to employment of various kinds – perhaps learn a trade or do a qualification to enhance life prospects. I was always destined for [more…]
20th Century
‘The Promised Land,’ by Anon
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…]