Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Book Six – Chapter Three
Paolo had reacted quickly to the explosions on the cruise ship, saying, “That is an Italian ship. I need to get to the consulate; the consul is going to need a lot of help and [more…]
Literature
Cooking
A View (Just Along The Road) From The Greenhouse; Working Class Heroes….Innit?
Autumn continues its steady, inexorable path towards winter and this year its bringing along with it a profusion of berries. The hawthorn has been particularly prolific and now the holly’s joining in. Plums and damsons, [more…]
20th Century
’59 Trail, Part Six
Part 6 of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Flin Flon, North Manitoba This is a country where hard fact and fantastic fiction are [more…]
Book Review
Book Review: The Jaggard Case
The Jaggard Case is book number 10 in a series written by author J.C. Briggs. Set in Victorian London the series describes the adventures of one Charles Dickens (yes, that Charles Dickens) who has turned [more…]
19th Century
Oliver Sarony – man of many parts
My last lurcher, over 16, who used to run like the wind delighting in her agility but only a memory sadly, because of her age we used to take very sedate walks with much deciphering [more…]
19th Century
The Ghost with Wet Boots
Admiral Tyron was an extremely gifted Royal Naval Officer with a proven career of command, in the peacetime, post-Napoleonic era. On 22nd June 1893 he was Commander of the Mediterranean Station and was on board [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eight
Monday Good morning everyone, according to the BBC it is supposed to be warm and sunny today, but I see no sun, admittedly it is warm, but it is cloudy. While on the subject of [more…]
Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Eight
Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. Part One is here Part Two is here Part Three is here Part Four is here Part Five is here Part Six is here Part [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 19th October 2023 The Panel: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative) Hilary Benn (Labour) Jeffrey Donaldson (DUP) Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance Party) John Finucane (Sinn Fein) Venue: Lisburn Hilary Benn (not his real name, Hilary James Wedgwood-Benn) [more…]