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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Nine
Monday Good morning, people. Surprise, surprise, it’s damp and gloomy once again in Downing Street, and that’s not only outside Number 10. Inside, we have a wet, rather than damp, PM, and he is very [more…]
20th Century
It’s Not 1939, It’s 1950
It’s 1939 all over again! Or is it? Perhaps it’s 1950. A date we can be certain of is 2014 when, as Kiev tipped towards the EU and NATO, Moscow-backed Russian separatists prised parts of [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Eight
Monday Good morning, fellow Puffins. It’s frosty out there this morning, but the sun is on its way up. Last week, I told you Legohead was at Chequers for the weekend, but I didn’t know [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Seven
Monday Good morning, my Puffin friends. It was lovely and sunny when I woke up this morning, quite different to the rain and wind that were forecast. So, I hurried off downstairs and out into [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Six
Monday Good morning, Puffins, and welcome to Trump Day. It all kicks off at 5 p.m. GMT when he is inaugurated, and this cat can’t wait. The news is that he has over 200 presidential [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Five
Monday It is quite pleasant here in London this morning, no frost for the first time in ages, and some sunny periods. I heard Lee Anderson on the radio this morning. I think it was [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Four
Monday Wow, the cat is back, and, disappointingly, so is Legohead. It has been quite pleasant here in Number Ten without him. First, he was at Chequers; then he went to Madeira for some winter [more…]
Diary
A View (Actually) From The Greenhouse….Everything Is Not As It Seems…
Like me, you’d have been saddened but unsurprised by the latest in a long line of cars, as if driven by some kind of divine hand, crashing into innocent people going about their ordinary, if [more…]