Literature
Of war and war’s alarms
About this time for several decades past I set out to spend a month or so in Lapland. Lapland is a not well defined region that spans Norway to the north, a part of Sweden [more…]
Literature
Cycling
West Country Rides, Three
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…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Two
Well, jubilation did not last long! Zia returns to the fold and now we have a Chairman who asserts migrants built the Country! God knows what is going on with Farage and Co. I was [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Five
Monday Good morning, my happy readers. I hope you had a lovely weekend. I did; it was another couple of nice sunny days and quiet in No. 10. However, it wasn’t quiet down on the [more…]
Fiction
The Past is Present, Chapter Ten
Collecting a coffee on the way, he knocked on Jane Goodley’s office door. He waited to be called in. She was pouring him a coffee as he entered. Seeing him she asked if he still [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 12th June 2025 The Panel: Darren Jones (Labour) Simon Clarke (Conservative) Zia Yusuf (Reform UK) Sarah Olney (LibDem) Venue: Fleetwood A Question Time guest as recently as March, Labour MP Darren Jones’ wife [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Fifteen
The twins and Larry were in the window waiting for the Lexus to enter the drive. A few minutes before it did so, Larry got up and walked into the hall and sat in one [more…]
Diary
A (Burts Eye) View From The Greenhouse: The Road To Hell..Etc…Etc…
This scare-crowing lark isn’t the cushy number some folk would have you believe. Granted, it isn’t the most taxing of roles and there’s plenty of time for both reflection and pondering, even if the lack [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-One
Great news to see the back of Zia Yusuf. No place for a muslim Chairman in a party one of whose major tenets should be anti mass immigration and preservation of the British way of [more…]