Drinking
A nice drop of Portuguese red…
For years we’ve enjoyed our annual holidays in Portugal and I have acquired a “taste” for the local red wine which is not a particularly great seller in the UK. I thought that I’d write [more…]
Portugal
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Twenty Seven
Monday I am delighted to be back from my enforced Christmas and New Year break, and I understand that my scribe is now happy and anxiously awaiting the result of his Day 2 PCR test. [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 35 – Angela and Moira’s Stories
Chapter 35 – Angela and Moira’s Stories She was asleep when her phone started ringing, her mobile that very few people knew her number. Angela groaned and fumbled for her glasses and then the phone [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 34 – The Burning Man
Chapter 34 – The Burning Man Daz received news from Moira’s father that would drive him mad with jealousy and the awful feelings of rejection. One day in work he was driving Frank Tremain to [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes 33 – The Detective’s Story
Chapter 33 – The Detective’s story Detective Inspector Hope’s mobile phone woke him up. It was still dark outside the hotel room’s partially open curtains. He groped for the phone and noticed the time was [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 32 – The Detective’s story
Chapter 32 – The Detective’s story Detective Inspector Hope couldn’t park at Banbury Police Station and had to leave his car in a nearby multi-storey car park. The police station was a modern 1980s building [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 31 – The Detective’s story
Chapter 31 – The Detective’s story Detective Inspector Charles Hope made his way up to the Major Investigation Team’s offices, on the second floor of the Headquarters of the Thames Valley Police at Kidlington in [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 30 – Goodbye, Mark Edge
Chapter 30 – Goodbye, Mark Edge In April Edge was discharged from the hospital in Faro and referred to a local hospital for ongoing physiotherapy. He made a remarkable recovery due to his fitness, determination [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 29 – Morrison’s Story
Chapter 29 – Morrison’s Story “People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” Morrison came down to breakfast and looked at the offerings [more…]