Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Forty-Seven
It has been an hectic time lately but I am coming through and starting to realise my plans. We have decided to spend most of the Winter in France, Tunisia and Italy. Involves a lot [more…]
Literature
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Nine
Monday Good morning my friends, it is yet another wet and dreary morning here in Downing Street and it was truly nasty when I went down to the bottom of the garden behind the gardener’s [more…]
Fiction
Downfall, Chapter Nineteen
Dave knocked on Jane Goodley’s office door, he brought a coffee with him, he wasn’t sure what mood she would be in. “Have you recovered from last week?” “Yes, I was exhausted when I came [more…]
Education
The Party’s Over, It’s Time to Call It a Day
By March 2020 I’d been doing the job for over 9 yrs. We’d all seen the videos coming out of China, people falling down dead in the street, the welding of tower block doors and [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 11th December 2025 The Panel: Anas Sarwar (Labour) Stephen Flynn (SNP) Russell Findlay (Conservative) Lord Offord (Reform) Angela Haggerty (Journalist) Venue: Paisley Not going to lie, I’ve had a bit of a funny [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Nine
Jinnie heard nothing from the Walters until Tuesday afternoon when she got a call and the voice said, “Good afternoon Dame Jinnie, this is Andrew Walters from the Lobster House.” Jinnie replied, “Good afternoon Mr [more…]
20th Century
Desert Mystery: Wrecked in The Desert
Amongst my collection of original photographs taken during the Desert War by members of the Deutsche Afrika Korps, I have several of wrecked aircraft but most are usually burnt out and, except to an aviation [more…]
Economics
What Greenhouse; The State Of The Nation…Innit
The recovery continues apace. As I sit writing this missive, I’m six weeks in and although the stairs continue to present something of a challenge and I’m still using a stick I feel that I’m [more…]
16th Century
Tracy Borman: Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I
It is always a bonus when a book takes one or more well-known figures and makes you see them in an entirely new light. Tracy Borman has achieved just this with her dual biography of [more…]