Hobbies
A Postcard from Tewkesbury
Finding ourselves at a loose end a few weeks ago Mrs Reggie and I decided it was time for us to have a day trip to somewhere we haven’t been to previously. Tewkesbury is less [more…]
Literature
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighteen
Monday Hi folks, I’m back! Now my scribe has returned from his cruise it’s back to business for your favourite cat diarist. I have had a very pleasant Christmas and New Year break in a [more…]
Literature
Farmhouse cooking
Gran toils on In the foreman’s house The old black range is always lit Her foreman husband, live in hands With horses plough and reap and sow. Flour comes in half stone sacks Making bread [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 18th January 2024 The Panel: Bim Afolami (Conservative) Emily Thornberry (Labour) Hashi Mohamed (Barrister and Author) Kate McCann (Political Journalist) Venue: Peterborough Emily Thornberry, not her real name, Lieutenant Colonel (temporary) The Right [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Thirteen
In the car park outside the KFC site, Freeholders Lawyers, Jinnie said, “I think that went well, let’s go and talk to the staff at KFC.” “Right oh,” said Brian, “While you drive, I want [more…]
20th Century
Report From Israel, 1957 – Part Four
In 1957 my uncle, John Alldridge visited Israel for the Birmingham Mail. This is the fourth of his reports. – Jerry F Kefar Hanasi, Upper Galilee Not so very long ago, Gershon Epstein was a [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 11th January 2024 The Panel: Andrea Leadsom (Conservative) Lisa Nandy (Labour) Anand Menon (Professor of Politics) Lord Stuart Rose (Chairman of ASDA) Venue: Oxford Lord Stuart Rose, not his real name, Stuart Alan [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Twelve
Jinnie desperately wanted to talk to Brooke about roast beef rolls, but as it was just coming up to half past three, it would be eight thirty back home and it was unfair to phone [more…]
20th Century
Postcard From Kaunas
As 2nd cities go Kaunas, seems at least, at first glance, to be a pretty unprepossessing sort of place regardless of whether you arrive by air, road or rail. Arriving by train reveals an industrial [more…]