Animals
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Literature
19th Century
Enemies Within: Mouchard!
Autumn 1899, just weeks before the turn of a new century, saw two men released from Pentonville Prison on London’s Caledonian Road. Jailed seven years previously following an anarchist plot in Walsall, some continued to [more…]
Fiction
Those Who Play With Fire, Chapter Twenty-One
In the bar, Dave sat with a brandy, he was mulling over the conversation, he tried to think if he had missed anything, he was sure he hadn’t. He climbed off the barstool, said goodnight [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 5th December 2024 The Panel: Jacqui Smith (Labour) Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative) Nigel Farage (Reform UK) Alastair Campbell (Author & Podcaster) Venue: Lincoln We can vote them out but we can’t get rid of [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Seven, Chapter Twenty-Four
Paolo hadn’t been surprised when Jinnie had told him she was undertaking a mission on behalf of the Italian government. He simply nodded and said he was only surprised it hadn’t been sooner, adding that [more…]
Book Review
Book Review: The Age of Debt Bubbles by Max Rangeley
In this series of “Professional Practice in Governance and Professional Organizations” by Springer Nature, the most prestigious academic publisher in Europe if not the world, editor Max Rangeley has enlisted actual practitioners to explain how [more…]
20th Century
Every Button is a Bit of France
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Hobbies
Across the Pennines on the C2C, Part One
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Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty
Monday Good morning and hello from a happy Downing Street because Legohead is missing again. He has gone off to Brazil for the G20 meeting and said he is going to meet the Chinese leader [more…]