Book Review
Book review: Erotic Vagrancy, by Roger Lewis
What a title, eh? I was a bit uncertain as to whether to order it from the library or not, in case they started to wonder what I was up to. Happily they didn’t (or [more…]
Literature
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Four
There has been a lot of discussion on the blog about where might be a good place to retreat to if the future becomes as bleak as it appears at this time. Who knows what [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred and Fifty-Three
Monday Good morning from a not very happy cat. I trotted down to the bottom of the garden and it was horribly cold and wet, and I returned a soggy cold moggy. I must admit [more…]
Fiction
Those Who Play With Fire, Chapter Thirteen
As planned, he left the café and walked down the street, it was still early on Sunday morning, there was hardly anyone about. Dave reckoned he had a maximum of fifteen minutes before Roger Peterson [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time Philadelphia 2024 The Panel: Martina White (Republican) Malcolm Kenyatta (Democrat) Brian Lanza (Trump advisor) Anthony Zurcher (BBC corespondant) Mehdi Hasan (Broadcaster) Venue: Philadelphia What’s the state capital of Pennsylvania? Wrong! Harrisburg. Added to [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Seven, Chapter Sixteen
Jinnie tried to ring Paolo on the train on the way back to Hadley from her meeting with Alan, but his mobile kept going to voicemail. The third time it happened, she left a message [more…]
20th Century
A Ukrainian Enigma
I have an original photograph bought as part of a “bundle” from a militaria seller whose business model is to put together sets of documents, photographs and ephemera that appear to be vaguely related so [more…]
Literature
A Letter From India
After qualifying, I’d worked in Basildon for four years before deciding that there was more to life than staring into people’s mouths. I’d met a girl and we decided that we would give up our [more…]
20th Century
European Journey 1953, Part Seven – Trogen
The village lies in a sheltered fold of the mountains, 3,000 feet above sea level. On a fine day you can see clear across to Lake Constance, a bit of burnished silver under the strong [more…]