Fiction
Downfall, Chapter Fourteen
Dave sat on an office chair, Sally was right, he was shattered. His eyes closed, he wasn’t sleeping, his mind was too active, he was planning the next move. When his phone rang, Sally answered [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1990
Featured song: Status Quo – The Anniversary Waltz (I & II) This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 6th November 2025 The Panel: Anna Turley (Labour) Graham Stewart (Conservative) Paul Nowak (Trade Unionist) Tim Stanley (Journalist) Venue: Sunderland If you think the parliamentary representative for Redcar should be a Northern type, [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Four
The twins were awake early and came bouncing into their parents’ suite just as the sun was coming up in a big red ball on the horizon. Willie pulled back the curtains and said, “Mummy, [more…]
Arts
Jury Service
As a result of DH’s current jury service, I started reflecting on my own experience when I was randomly selected to undertake it in 2010. At the time I was 23 and working on rotation [more…]
Arts
Ocean-to-Ocean, Part 9
Today I shall be boarding a ferry, but its departure time is 12h45 and the terminal is only 15 miles away, so no huge rush and there’s plenty of time for breakfast, which is apparently [more…]
Economics
Gold’s flashing warning: The end is nigh for fiat
Gold’s spectacular performance has drawn a lot of attention and invited endless analyses and commentaries. There are many theories out there as to why the yellow metal is surging like never before in modern memory, [more…]
Communism
Overland to Russia, Part Two
Last time, I discussed the manifold problems you face setting up a trip to Russia. This piece is about the manifold problems you face when you eventually get there. For me, they began at the [more…]
Book Review
Anger Is An Energy, by John Lydon
‘They put a hot wire to my head Cos of the things I did and said They made these feelings go away Model citizen in every way’ (From Anger Is An Energy, the song) Given [more…]