Arts
The episode that broke the spell
I was a huge fan of New Tricks. For those that didn’t watch, it was a British police drama about a small unit of 3 detectives and a DS that ran the show. The USP [more…]
Review
19th Century
I never meant to write a novel
Today A Bear’s Diary is published as a hardback. It has been available as an ebook for a couple of months. It’s a shortish novel at 65,000 words, decorated with old engravings which give it [more…]
Hobbies
Always Worth Saying’s Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI Car Review
This is a review of the Golf 7 GTI, not the new Golf 8. Ominously, the Golf 8 is advertised as being “all digital”, as though that were a good thing. However, the car reviewed [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 25th June 2020 Panel: Steve Barclay (Conservative) Jess Phillips (Labour) Iona Bain (Finance Blogger) Theo Paphitis (Businessman) George the Poet (Spoken Word Artist) Venue: Under Thirties Special First responder to BLM’s call to [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 18th June 2020 Panel: James Cleverly (Conservative) Lisa Nandy (Labour) Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat) Jed Mercurio (Writer) Steve Parish (Businessman) Venue: Plymouth The expert who advised Thomas Guy to put his money into [more…]
Arts
Book Review: Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré
A while ago this reviewer attended a lecture. The subject was ten books that had changed the world. Delivered by Melvyn Bragg, author of a work of the same name, having been talked through three [more…]
Hobbies
Always Worth Saying’s BMW 320i Car Review
BMW drivers have a reputation. The reason for this is because they deserve it. The reason for that is because of the cars. Do not judge, you would be the same. I certainly was behind [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 11th June 2020 Panel: Robert Buckland (Conservative) Vaughan Gething (Labour) Liz Saville-Roberts (Plaid Cymru) Sir Rocco Forte (Businessman) Bernardine Evaristo (Author) Venue: Cardiff The public health official who single handedly ended the Great [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 4th June 2020 Panel: Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) David Lammy (Labour) Donna Kinnair (Royal College of Nursing) Hugh Pennington (Microbiologist) Venue: Southampton Medical school tutor to Professor Van-Tan, the patient zero who gave Steven [more…]