19th Century
Meet The Family
In part one of this odyssey into the past, you’ll recall me being curious and excited in anticipation of the results of a Christmas present DNA test: Who Do I Think I Am? In part [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie Story – Book Six, Chapter Eleven
Jinnie climbed out of the people carrier and was a little disappointed that the twins didn’t come charging out to greet her. Reading her mind Paolo said, “They’ll be on the beach with Izzy. If [more…]
20th Century
The culture destroyers
They are everywhere these damned people. More dangerous to society than a knife wielding Jihadi, more potent than radioactive fallout, these individuals more frequently than not look just like you or I. Some are fat, [more…]
20th Century
Whitby – that was – part two
It always pleases me to know that Whitby comes from an Old Norse word: Hwitebi, which means ‘white settlement’. The name Whitby came into use around the 12th century, prior to that it is recorded [more…]
20th Century
The Muslim Brotherhood, Part Nine
The Anglo-American Alliance (AAA) led powers used an old tactic of population displacement throughout the wars in the Middle East. They were putting into practice Kelly Greenhill’s theories concerning “Strategic Engineered Migration as a Weapon [more…]
Culture
A View From The Greenhouse (ish); The Rise of The Islamist “Talking Head”
Firstly Postaliers, allow me to apologise for not supplying the usual bi-weekly fix of ramblings and inanities on the 5th of December. Life got in the way a bit, but I’m back (for the foreseeable), [more…]
Economics
The awakening of the working class
One of the maxims I tend to mention quite often in sociopolitical debates or in response to arguments about the flawlessness of the democratic process is “the smallest minority is the individual”. To some, it might [more…]
Computing
How to 3d Print – a beginners guide, Part 4
Build it and they will come. Reading the comments on GP regards 3d printing, it quickly turns to Ann Summers potential accessories, but let me distract you for a moment. Here are some videos of [more…]
20th Century
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Two young men, in a souped-up old Chevy, travel across the USA, making what money they can by betting on the drag races they enter. Along the way they’re joined by a lost hippie girl, [more…]