Elections
Polling Predictions #6
Well what an odd week in terms of polling reports. My usual sources are Britain Elects and UK Polling Report. There has been a dearth of data this week, just a few constituency polls and [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Twenty-Seven
Monday Morning all, a bit of light drizzle this morning, but not enough to stop the gardener from cutting the grass in the back garden for the first time this year. I heard him talking [more…]
Engineering
Always Worth Saying’s Car Review, Part Four
Throwing an irritating but irresistible Mercedes CLA around the lanes en route to a Cheshire set party at one of the better Northwich-Knutsford-Sandbach triangle golf clubs, allows a gentleman to reminisce upon his car history. [more…]
Arts
A Taster Lesson in Italian
I am trying to learn Italian. Mia Nonna was Italian from Florence and I am going to the Italian Riviera for my main holiday this June. I can make a reasonable fist of reading simple [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: A Postcard From 1976 Pt.2
Greetings pop pickers and welcome to another edition of Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – our occasional Campari and soda drenched probe into the rainbow and glitter world of artistes who are quite simply fabulous, darling. Tonight, [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 21st March 2024 The Panel: Rachel Maclean (Conservative) Sarah Jones (Labour) Tim Farron (LibDems) Philippa Gregory (Author) Rod Liddle (Journalist) Venue: Middlesborough Rod Liddle is one of those embarrassing London upper-middle-class Metropolitan media [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Twenty-Two
Jinnie woke and looked at her travel clock. It was 07:15 and she could hear the twins happily chatting in their bedroom. She got out of bed and went to say Happy Christmas to them. [more…]
History
Jesmond Dene: The Crown Jewel of Newcastle’s parks
Jesmond Dene is a unique haven of peace and tranquillity for the people of Newcastle. It is a narrow wooded valley that follows the river Ouseburn between South Gosforth and Jesmond Vale, providing an important [more…]
America
The American-Somalian Base Deal Arguably Has Ulterior Motives
The US decided to expand its military influence in Somalia on the pretext of anti-terrorist base-building in order to indirectly pressure Ethiopia after last month’s Memorandum of Understanding with Somaliland in a “plausibly deniable” way. [more…]