Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Twenty-Seven
If tomorrow starts without me If tomorrow starts without me, And I am not there to see, If the sun should rise and see your eyes All filled with tears for me. I wish so [more…]
Literature
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty
Monday Good morning on this beautiful Monday morning. When I went for my pre-breakfast poo it was wonderfully sunny and warm. For a change, I got back before my feeder arrived and, after saying hello [more…]
Fiction
The Past is Present, Chapter Five
He sat in the lounge, the Glock resting on his lap. “Sally found him there at 09:30, asleep. He was holding the Glock, she took it from him and shook him, Dave, wake up and [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 8th May 2025 The Panel: James Murray (Labour) Graham Stuart (Conservative) Richard Tice (Reform UK) Calum Miller (LibDem) Jo Grady (University and College Union) Venue: Hull Well. One feels like the director of [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Ten
The next morning was Saturday and Izzy woke early with her head in a whirl; she could hardly believe everything that had happened in the past week, had it all been a dream? Feeling the [more…]
Cycling
West Country Rides, One
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…]
19th Century
Book review: Custer’s Trials, by T.J. Stiles
Writing another biography of Custer (1839-1876) is, as Stiles says, a bit like walking round Grand Central Station trying to find a piece of floor someone hasn’t already stepped on. Such is the fascination with [more…]
Literature
1001 ways to popular parties
When clearing my parents house a few years ago I went through the process of sorting things either to be taken to my mother’s new house, kept or sent to a charity shop or the [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Twenty-Six
The Seekers were my favourite group and, playing a video of ‘The Carnival is Over’ the other day, I read the whole of the introduction which was as follows: ‘The Seekers, bathed in the warm [more…]