Christianity
John Clare
John Clare I am—yet what I am none cares or knows; My friends forsake me like a memory lost: I am the self-consumer of my woes— They rise and vanish in oblivious host, Like shadows [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Twenty-Four
I would like to extend my thanks to Patrick Barron and DJM of this Parish for their insights into the financial world of today. My A Level in Economics and Public Affairs did not prepare [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy-Seven
Monday Good morning and welcome to another week of the ramblings of your favourite cat reporter. A nice morning today again, but I’m delighted to be able to tell you that Legohead had a grotty [more…]
Arts
About Adolescence
A recent breakfast TV interview highlighted an awkward difference between the BBC’s Naga Munchetty and Kemi Badenoch. Questioned about the Netflix drama Adolescence, the Conservative Party leader stated she’d not followed the series and likely [more…]
Fiction
The Past is Present, Chapter Two
Jane Goodley was fourteen miles away, sitting on the floor in what had once been an office, it was on the first floor, she remembered being dragged up the stairs, her hands and legs were [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Friday: Ivory Cutlery’s Day Off Pt. 5
Greetings pop pickers and please be welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday and another of our fortnightly mastications upon the marshmallowy pillows of musical magnificence. Tonight, dear reader, as we respectfully mark Toddle Waddle month, [more…]
21st Century
Always Worth Saying’s Easter Railway Review
Last week’s trip to Albania being too mainstream, this edition of Railway Review (how I yearn for the return of Question Time!) was going to be of an obscure South American mineral line. Observing the [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Seven
Boxing Day was Sint Maarten, a curious, small island, half of which was Dutch, and the other half was French and called Saint Martin. But the Britannia put into Philipsburg, which was on the Dutch [more…]
America
They call him the Great Disruptor
It’s been interesting (but entirely predictable) to see the world reaction to Trump’s tariff speech. I suppose that hysteria is warranted, because what Trump has done is indeed unprecedented and likely to have seismic effects, [more…]