19th Century
Jack The Signalman
Back in the late 1800s the railways were at full expansion, British know how and industrial might was being exported to the four corners of the globe, throughout the Empire every country wanted a piece [more…]
Wycombewanderer
Arts
The town where it’s illegal to die
WTF I hear you say, how can it be illegal to die somewhere, well here’s how. In the far frozen North,( no even further than wee Nippys fiefdom i mean the real far north) [more…]
America
World’s Longest Flight
Obviously satellites go millions of miles but they are unmanned, man had been to the moon, but that was using rocket power. These days with fuel efficient jet engines, composite air-frames, computers to aid pilots [more…]
Uncategorized
Postcard from France, No 1
I went to do some shopping this morning, Guess what I found at this bar? The escort Presidentielle enjoying a sneaky quick one and a fag or three, all the roads blocked off. I guess [more…]
Islam
Solutions to Intractable Problems
Well we all know what should be done, we all know the solution to having fewer muslim terrorist attacks is to have fewer muslims, the evidence is plain to see from Warsaw to Tokyo. We [more…]
20th Century
Coincidence, chance and fate
Here in my little corner of France, we have a communal forest, it is around 200 acres and as a resident i have the right to search for mushrooms and can join La Chasse I [more…]