Animals
Larry’s Diary, week Three Hundred And Sixteen
Monday Good morning, my friends. When I retired to my cat basket last night it was raining, but this morning it has stopped and I even saw a bit of sunshine when I popped out. [more…]
Politics
21st Century
I See No Ships?
The quote ‘I see no ships’ is attributed to Admiral John Jervis during the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797. Before giving Johnny Spaniard a black eye off the Algarve, legend has it that, [more…]
20th Century
Labour’s bad boys – Part 7 Harold Wilson
We need to take a quick look at Harold Wilson’s 1976 Prime Minister’s Resignation Honours. This was known as the Lavender List allegedly because Lady Falkender had written the draft on lavender coloured paper. How [more…]
21st Century
The Sharika Plan, Part Two
Kenya hosts the largest U.S. embassy in sub-Saharan Africa and has regularly ranked among the top recipients of U.S. foreign aid globally, a majority of it focused on health programs. Under the first Trump Administration, [more…]
20th Century
Letters from an Arbeitsmaid – Part Two
In Part 1, I described how in late 1943 and early 1944, Hildegard Uhl had written to her friend Eva Möller, the recipient of Feldpost from the Afrika Korps soldier Hans Coutandin of “Desert Mystery: [more…]
America
Epstein……Behind the Curtain (Part 1)
Everybody wants to talk about the island — the private jet with its logbook of the damned, the underage girls ferried like cargo between Caribbean shorelines and Manhattan penthouses, the hidden cameras and mahogany-doored rituals [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Fifteen
Monday Good morning, my friends, this is the start of a huge week in Number 10. No, it is not Legohead hanging on by his fingertips, it is more important than that. On Sunday it [more…]
Islam
Death in Lyon
When our neighbours travel, we look after the cat. Being a feline, at feeding time we go to it, not it to us. But upon their return, her owners come to us bearing a present. [more…]
20th Century
Labour’s bad boys – Part 6 Will Owen
William James Owen formerly a miner and latterly a Labour MP was tried for spying for the Czechs, it’s amazing how often Czech Intelligence’s name crops up when politicians are accused of spying. Better known [more…]