Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Three
Monday Good morning, my friends, and welcome to another week of my musings. It was a bit grey when I went out this morning and trying to rain. Not very nice, and I hear we [more…]
Trains
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred
Monday Good morning, friends. Yet another beautiful, sunny autumn morning, made better by it being empty of politicians here in Number 10. Legohead and his crew have all bugged off to Liverpool for the party [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Nine
Monday Good morning, friends. A beautiful sunny autumn morning, but my, was it chilly when I ventured out. I’m getting more and more convinced that Legohead is either a moron, or he is doing everything [more…]
19th Century
Today’s 200th Anniversary of The Railway
This weekend sees the 200th anniversary of railways – or at least of the first steam locomotive-hauled passenger service, which took place on the Stockton to Darlington railway 200 years ago today (27th September). On [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Seven
Monday Good morning, friends, and it was a delightfully sunny one for my excursion this morning. Felix Chicken for breakfast, and a new cabinet. It’s going to be an interesting week. I haven’t stopped chuckling [more…]
Culture
Of Gods And Terminuses
We’re at the front of the queue on platform one in the concrete trench that is Euston terminus, tipped off early by the steward in the first-class lounge as to which platform we’d be departing [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Six
Monday Good morning friends. The sun was peeping through the window when I woke up this morning, so I trotted down to the back door. By the time the man had opened it, the sun [more…]
19th Century
The Shock of The Modern
Besides excitement and trauma, might the shock of the new also provide a synapse re-ordering adrenaline burst that remodels the brain? As a little boy the make-believe near-future modernist world of Thunderbirds (and the like) [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Five
Monday Good morning, friends. It’s a most unusual day today, a warm and sunny Bank Holiday Monday. It usually rains on a bank holiday, but I think the weather gods have got it wrong, as [more…]