Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Thirty
Monday Good morning, my lovely readers, and my, was it hot when I went out this morning. I got back and my duty feeder had put my Felix in my bowl, so I scoffed it [more…]
Satire
20th Century
‘The Promised Land,’ by Anon
Before the invention of social media, people in workplaces found ways to share humour, satire, and political commentary through handwritten or copied notes circulating informally among colleagues. Employees might create cartoons or sarcastic messages poking [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Twenty-Nine
Monday Good morning, everyone. It’s nice and sunny at the moment, but there is thunder and lightning forecast for later. I don’t like all those flashes and bangs. As usual, Legohead has been at Chequers [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Twenty-Eight
Monday Good morning, my friends, from a warm but cloudy Downing Street. After last week’s disastrous by-election for the Government, Legohead has spent the weekend struggling to come to terms with things. He seems to [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Twenty-Seven
Monday Good morning, my friends, from a dull and misty Downing Street. It is very quiet here today. It is the Spring Bank Holiday, so there is only a skeleton working crew in the office. [more…]
Diary
A View From (The Shed By) The Greenhouse; Who’s The Puppet, Who’s The Puppeteer?
Why on earth would anyone cut a discarded length of plastic water pipe into (very roughly) two inch lengths, may or may not be the first question that springs to the mind of my long [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Twenty-Six
Monday Good morning, my friends, it’s yet another lovely morning weather-wise, but the radio tells me it is going to be a wet evening and overnight. I suppose the garden can do with it. I [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Twenty Five
Monday Good morning, my friends, and welcome to another week’s worth of tales from your favourite cat reporter. The weather here in London is really rather nice this morning, sunny, dry, and getting warmer. The [more…]
Diary
A View From (Just By) The Greenhouse; Diversity? It’s Our Strength…Innit?
I arrived at the greenhouse on Saturday to find that Burt had returned from his winter sojourn in a bit of a sorry state. He’d been visiting distant relatives somewhere in central Europe (either Albania, [more…]