Arts
Painting with Acrylic on Canvas
In the final part of this series before I move onto etchings, I’m doing a piece on painting with acrylic paint onto a stretched frame canvas. The principles apply just as well for oil painting, [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One-Hundred And Ninety-Five
Hello everyone, well it’s nice and bright this morning. It looks like it’s going to be dry today which suits me. It’s a pity because I would have loved a huge downpour just as Sniffer [more…]
20th Century
Biography
Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Two
Part one is here This time: My first day The next morning, I was up at 08.00 had a bath and breakfast. By 09.30 I was ready to go. All attempts to persuade Graham or [more…]
20th Century
G5E3 – Origins of Rock ‘n’ Roll – Early Days Middle Era
Welcome pop pickers. Back to Rock ‘n’ Roll, the early days. This is the sort of music that makes you want to tap your feet, dance, and singalong. Thank you to Wiki, Britannica, and Top [more…]
Literature
The Non-appearance of Question Time Review: An Explanation
Are you all OK? I hope so. No doubt Puffins are distraught to read this week’s Question Time Review will not appear and that this circumstance is likely to continue until the autumn. Given the [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Five – Chapter Twenty-One
Jinnie was meeting Miranda in the Costa Coffee at Vauxhall station, 45 minutes before their meeting with Emma. The plan was to discuss ideas for the SIS Christmas parties and coordinate their presentation. Jinnie had [more…]
Authoritarianism
OTF: Good Enough For Their Constituents …
Intro I started thinking about this when it was announced Colin Pitchfork was going to be released again. He murdered two teenage girls and raped others. I’m sick of politicians being seen to do the [more…]
Biography
Deborah, Part IV
“Gavin, nice to meet you,” said Oliver, extending his hand. “You too, Oliver isn’t it?” “It is but everybody calls me Olly, except my wife, but then she is Welsh.” “OK, Olly it is then,” [more…]