Hobbies
South Devon, Part Two
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
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Fifty-Eight
Monday Good morning and welcome to another week of my tales. It is very grey again here in Westminster but at least it’s not raining. I made the mistake of stepping on the grass this [more…]
19th Century
Enemies Within: Rendezvous on Windmill Street
Ruffians, alone or in groups of two or three, descend from different directions along gloomy London streets on a sharp winter’s weekday night in February 1894. Amongst them is a figure in a top hat [more…]
Fiction
Those Who Play With Fire, Chapter Eighteen
Dave woke as the front door banged close, he drunk the now cold coffee Sally had left for him. Coming out of the bathroom, he sat on the edge of the bed, there were two [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 14th November 2024 The Panel: Jonathan Reynolds (Labour) Damian Hinds (Conservative) Ellie Chowns (Green Party) Greg Jackson (Businessman) Tim Stanley (Journalist) Venue: Basingstoke With an alternative energy chancer and a Green Party MP [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Seven, Chapter Twenty-One
The minibus pulled up on the drive of the Hadley Wood House, squeezing between a Portakabin, a site toilet and a huge mound covered by a tarpaulin. Jinnie looked around at the confusion and then [more…]
Journalism
UN Human Rights Council Cannot Be Relied On
If the US and Israel can unilaterally decide who lives or who dies in this world, and suffer no sanctions, then we are truly living in terrifying times. October 16, 2024 I don’t know why [more…]
Cooking
Another View From (The Shed By) The Greenhouse……How Corrupted?
It goes without saying (but I’m going to repeat it anyway, for those tin-eared few at the back) that Labour won the election simply because the Tories had managed to make themselves un-electable and Reform, [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Six
Bonfire night. Wonder if the youngsters are as active as we were. A couple of weeks of ‘Penny for the Guy’ on the street and we had our little cache of fireworks. Nearest bonfire, hot [more…]