“What did you do in the war daddy?” For people of my generation that was a question many of us (in particular the boys) askedContinue reading
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Ron’s Story
As he crested the hill and hit the downgrade Ron saw a comparatively clear stretch of motorway ahead of him. He tugged on the throttleContinue reading
Solidarity Among Sisters
But obviously they only get really solid solidarity if their political perspective happens to coincide with the journalist’s. In yesterday’s Guardian Gabby Hinsliff spoke out in support of fellowContinue reading
London’s Burning
This morning, a day after the appalling tragedy in Grenfell Towers, I read a comment on FB written by my friend Chris, a recently retired firefighter whoContinue reading
Who do you trust with your future?
This morning the poor privatised Royal Mail postman struggled through pouring rain to push a single slightly soggy letter through my letter box. It was addressed toContinue reading
…But I’ll never forgive him for Brexit
I started arguing with Bob a couple of years before New Labour’s first term began in 1997; back when Tony Blair was still a cherubicContinue reading
Covers Special Pt 2 ~ 19th April 2017
Walter Murphy (Beethoven) / A Fifth Of Beethoven Big Country (Neil Young) / Rockin’ In The Free World Bonnie Tyler (Creedence Clearwater Revival) / Have YouContinue reading
Not what Corbyn might have chosen but…
It’s the last day of my ten year old’s Easter holidays and we cycled a mile or so down the road to collect his friend for a playContinue reading
You can take the M road…
My car pulled away with arms waving from every window, plus the sunroof. Fortunately it wasn’t a bunch of teenage TWOC merchants taking the piss,Continue reading