Jim Walshe – Going Postal

The Peasants’ Revolt

27th November 2018 Going Postal 0

I’ve been aware of this bit of our history since I was in Junior School, but the other day I read about it again and thought the story was worth retelling. In the mid-fourteenth century, [more…]

I’ve been thinking. The Referendum result was a one-off, a gaggle of disparate groups that came together as a citizen army to win what the Remainers thought was an unwinnable fight. And we won! The [more…]

David Miliband returns to mainstream politics

16th May 2018 Going Postal 0

Confessions of an inept handyman

14th May 2017 Going Postal 0

Ann had been telling me forever that the hot tap in the bathroom sink needed looking at. It didn’t turn on fully, apparently, so it was pot luck whether the flow was enough to tell [more…]

Why I shall be voting Leave

4th April 2016 0

My country has changed. This has happened around me and despite me, but not because of me. I have voted for none of it. Had my fellow citizens voted for it I might be convinced [more...]
War Crimes – Epilogue One

5th October 2018 0

I will instruct my sorrows to be proud; for grief is proud, and makes his owner stoop. William Shakespeare The RSM who had told Edge: “I have a feeling that you’ll fuck it up. The [more...]
Tilda and the Witches 4.3

10th June 2018 0

ACT 4 SCENE 3 Aboard the Pirate Ship. Night. Enter TILDA and ETTY in Sailors’ Garb, FELIX, VISCUS, KEVIN and PATRICK, with PIRATES. They speak in hushed Voices.
The Cuds, Part One

23rd June 2017 0

A World of one-thousand-four-hundred years ago, Separated from us by four-and-a-half hours This is a work of fiction. Nothing like this has ever or could ever happen. Any events or resemblance to any characters living [more...]
The Legacy of Marx: The Club of Rome

8th May 2018 0

Often wondered how and why globalisation really got going? Well, all it took was a set of ideas. They’re mainly centred around buzz words such as sustainability and climate change but what do they mean? [more...]