Fiction
Downfall, Chapter Four
“Why ‘Mac the Knife’?” “I think he had a very Scottish name, his surname was ‘Mac’ something, one of the other guys must have called him that during their training and it stuck.” “You don’t [more…]
20th Century
The History of Pop Music – 1985
Featured song: David Bowie & Mick Jagger – Dancing In The Street This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 [more…]
Media
Footballs’s Race to Play The Race Card
The first game of the Premier League campaign kicked off on Friday, 15th August in front of 60,315 fans on the red side of Stanley Park. As Liverpool took on Bournemouth, the first goal of [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Twenty-Six
Jinnie couldn’t decide who was the most excited to be flying to Barbados, the twins or Cathy. Of course, the twins had flown there several times before, both on holiday and to pick up a [more…]
America
IMF at the door
On my list of recommendations in YouTube the other day was an extract from TalkTV. It was a discussion between presenter Peter Cardwell and Liam Halligan. You may remember Liam, he had his own show [more…]
Human Interest
The Italian Job, Part 6
Just to make you all aware…. this is going to be a long one. It wasnt necessarily the longest part of the trip but it was where a lot of memorable stuff happened… We left [more…]
Collecting
Collecting Lamps
Many thanks to our host and mentor Swiss Bob for prompting me to write an article about solutions to the loss of lighting during power outages. Obviously oil lamps and lanterns won’t run a laptop, [more…]
Hobbies
Backgammon
Backgammon, one of the oldest known board games, traces its origins to ancient Mesopotamia, but England significantly shaped its history. By the 17th century, backgammon was popular in English taverns and homes, with the term [more…]
Book Review
East West Street
In 2022 I reviewed a book called “The Ratline” by Philippe Sands (Book Review: The Ratline). A book which taught me so much about Nazi Germany and the general history of WWII in Europe. East [more…]