Slade | Going Postal

The History Of Christmas Number Ones 1952 – 1999, Part One: 1952 – 1975

29th November 2019 Going Postal 0

Holy mince pies and brandy butter Batman! Is it bauble and tinsel time again already? It seems like we just got the last of the pine needle out of the carpet and here we go [more…]

Postcard from the Algarve, No 3

19th July 2018 1

Aye Aye, Puffins. It is me, El Geeko. Well, as she is over my shoulder, I should say “it’s me, and Ms Geeks”, who is keeping a furtive eye on my escapades on GPs, the [more...]
The Unseen Path – Part Sixty

18th July 2018 0

She left the office for St Thomas’; Sam was making his own way to the Chilterns, and now she had to see how her other man was progressing. She was supposed to be working in [more...]
Tilda and the Witches 5.2

15th July 2018 0

ACT 5 SCENE 2 The Seraglio of Gonbad’s Palace in Uttalibad. CONCUBINES are chained to the Wall, including ETHYLENE and OCTANE. Enter TILDA, VULPECULA and JESSICA, escorted by KEVIN, accompanied by a EUNUCH GUARD. [more...]
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

22nd March 2019 0

Question Time 21st March 2019 Panel: Tobias Ellwood (Tory. Remainer) Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour. Remainer) Jeffrey Donaldson (DUP. ) John O’Dowd (Sinn Fein.) Polly MacKenzie (Demos.) Venue: Belfast Of this motley crew only Ellwood has a [more...]
Postcard from Lille, Part 19

15th June 2019 0

I can’t understand why people are rude to the staff. I was always getting told off for being kind, or even just polite, to the maids and servants, or ‘helpers’ as they were often known. I was hissed at for always saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. Enquiring politely about their families was frowned upon and helping them with their chores got the second greatest insult [more...]