20th Century
Desert Journey, Part Four
In 1961 my uncle, John Alldridge spent some time on the set of Lawrence of Arabia and reported his experiences for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F The best paid maniacs in the world The [more…]
Literature
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Twenty-Three
Monday Hi folks, what a lovely sunny Monday morning here in London. I must say I was a little surprised to see a clear blue sky through the window before I went out. It’s half [more…]
Biography
Going Postal, Part One
Just before 2000, I decided to give up a well-paid job and comfortable life in Japan to make a new start — please don’t laugh — in my homeland. England. Get back to my roots. [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 22nd February 2024 The Panel: Laura Farris (Conservative) Stella Creasy (Labour) Camilla Tominay (Journalist) Jason Arday (Academic) Venue: Maidenhead Berkshire-born Laura Farris is the Conservative MP for Newbury. The 45-year-old graduated in PPE [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Seventeen
Jinnie and Paolo arrived at what she now thought of as the head office and leading branch of Aunty JoJo’s Chicken Shack. Jinnie was staggered, if anything the queues outside were now even longer with [more…]
Diary
A View From The (Partially Dismantled) Greenhouse; That’s Different….Innit?
Life (and concomitant jobs) continue apace, the proposed outside growing area is almost cleared up, with any amount of farmyard detritus either taken to the tip or simply moved to another area, where it will [more…]
20th Century
Desert Journey, Part Three
In 1961 my uncle, John Alldridge spent some time on the set of Lawrence of Arabia and reported his experiences for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Jebel Tubeiq, Jordan According to the Bedouin, that [more…]
Animals
Larrys Diary, Week Two Hundred And Twenty-Two
Monday Hi folks, it’s another week and I am here again, bringing you all the news that’s fit to report, and some that isn’t! The Rich Boy, or as I have heard him called in [more…]
Literature
The Station at Aston Rowant
Based on a lyrical passage in The Oxford, Gloucester and Milford Haven Road, by Charles G Harper. Harper’s entire oeuvre of “Road” books has long been out of print, but no travel writer I know [more…]