Fiction
The Dragon Of Peabody Manor
It was a dark and stormy night, suddenly there was a knock at the door. Well that’s how childish stories usually start. For our little podcast I’ll try and go more silly. Welcome to Peabody [more…]
Literature
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Thirty-Five
Monday Good morning my friends and welcome to another wet bank holiday. It’s lovely and quiet in No 10 this morning, there is only a skeleton staff in today and they didn’t seem to be [more…]
20th Century
Postcard From Peter Hitchens, Part Five
I’ve been following Daily Mail columnist and author Peter Hitchens – literally. The surprise being we only recently fell into correspondence. Both of us are keen on railways and church, enjoyed minor public school and [more…]
Hobbies
Return to Brigg
A few weeks back I did a piece on the spectacular Alishan mountain line in Taiwan. One day, I might do something on the Gono line around the wild, craggy northwest coast of Honshu. Or [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 16th May 2024 The Panel: Meghan Gallagher (Conservative) Anas Sarwar (Labour) Stephen Flynn (SNP) Alex Salmond (Alba) Iain Dale (Broadcaster) Venue: Aberdeen Meghan Gallacher is currently Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservatives and [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story- Book Six, Chapter Thirty
The Trattoria Trevi board voted unanimously to proceed with the test Sybaritic accepting that it was a concept worth trying. Alberto pointed out that the income they were generating from their current lines meant that [more…]
Literature
Britain’s little known wars
There are, amongst us, many little old chaps who have a tale to tell – I am one such but am not at all remarkable. It would be interesting to me for others to open [more…]
Culture
A View From They/Them Greenhouse; We’re All Non-Binary Now…..innit?
Things are moving on apace. The recent spell of decent weather’s seen a growth spurt right across the board, so much so that I have most of the tomatoes in the ground and there’s been [more…]
20th Century
In The Steps of The First Army, Part Seven
“In his seventh and final article JOHN ALLDRIDGE writes of Tunis and the triumphant end of a campaign.” – Manchester Evening News, November 23 1949 Tunis, Monday I thought I saw a ghost in Tunis [more…]