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The Butcher Began To Kill The Ox, Ch 3

22nd April 2020 Roger Ackroyd 0

CHAPTER 3 The light rain that had begun when he got off the train at Bradford on Avon had now turned into a steady drizzle and to judge by the lowering clouds coming in from [more…]

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The Butcher Began To Kill The Ox, Ch 2

15th April 2020 Roger Ackroyd 0

CHAPTER 2 Now, here he was, sitting in an anonymous government office, waiting to be grilled by what he had always described as “faceless farts” of civil servants who wouldn’t do his job for all [more…]

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The Butcher Began To Kill The Ox, Ch 1

8th April 2020 Roger Ackroyd 0

For those new readers who have not yet availed themselves of my first novel, A Coin for the Hangman (available at Amazon as a print or ebook version), I am prefacing this first chapter of [more…]

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Tales from the Book Crypt

30th January 2020 Going Postal 0

As a regular visitor to and buyer at auctions across the South of England I have become used to viewing lots and waiting for hours for the items I am interested in to come under [more…]

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Tales from the Crypt

16th January 2020 Roger Ackroyd 0

The recent screening of Mark Gatiss’ Dracula – an enterprise that started well enough but fell away into nonsense like many of the BBC adaptations – reminded me of an enterprise that I initiated some [more…]

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Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

6th December 2019 Going Postal 0

Question Time 5th December 2019 Panel: Richard Tice: (Tycoon) Ian Blackford (Poltroon) Annelise Dodds (Loon) Ed Davey (Buffoon) James Cleverly (Picayune)* *(of little value or account) Venue: Hull Voted 67% to Leave. One of the [more…]

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Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

29th November 2019 Going Postal 0

Question Time 28th November 2019 Panel: Lionel Shriver (Crazy name, not so crazy lady) Zanny Minton Beddoes (Crazy name. Bilderberger) Caroline Lucas (Just crazy) Andy McDonald (Barking) Brandon Lewis (Carpetbagger) Venue: Swindon 53% Leave. The [more…]

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Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

22nd November 2019 Roger Ackroyd 0

Question Time 21st November 2019 Panel: Robert Jenrick (Tory) Chukka Umunna (Labour/Change/Independent/Lib Dem) Philippa Whitford (SNP) Richard Burgon (Trotskyist/Marxist/Labour/Petomane) Sherelle Jacobs (Journo) Venue: Bolton Bolton voted 58% leave. The only panellist that is remotely a [more…]

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Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

15th November 2019 Going Postal 0

Question Time 14th November 2019 Panel: James Cleverly (Tory) Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru – just, well, why?) Alex Phillips (BXP MEP for South East) Clive Lewis (On yer knees bitch) Chris Boardman (On yer [more…]

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