Andropov’s Cuckoo – Review
September 27th, 2018 11:28 PM | Audiobooks | Comments Off on Andropov’s Cuckoo – Review
This is a review of the multi-faceted novel 'Andropov's Cuckoo', which is a political thriller - romance set in the Soviet Union of the 1970's
Iain Scott
September 25th, 2018 10:04 PM | Barry | Comments Off on Iain Scott
Iain Scott is a Singer, Impersonator and Comedian Extraordinaire. I had never head of him before the gig at O'Brien's, but I am glad I was there...
Ed Benjamin
September 20th, 2018 12:25 PM | Featured Authors | Comments Off on Ed Benjamin
American author, Ed Benjamin, who is ex United States Air Force (USAF) often writes military - Air Force - dramas. Read more here...
Harry’s War – Review
September 16th, 2018 09:54 PM | Featured Reviews | Comments Off on Harry’s War – Review
Harry's War is a novelette on the last combat mission of an F15 Eagle Driver and the first years after his retirement. It is a #mustread...
S. A. Brain Doesn’t Brew Any Longer…
September 16th, 2018 03:13 PM | Barry | Comments Off on S. A. Brain Doesn’t Brew Any Longer…
S. A. Brain Doesn't Brew Any Longer or so a Brains pub manager told me the other day, although Wikipedia doesn't mention it...
Our Visit to the Doctor
September 12th, 2018 08:45 AM | Barry | Comments Off on Our Visit to the Doctor
... and left the doctor's surgery with the strange feeling that there was something he wasn't telling me. We had been in there for fifteen to twenty minutes for two check-ups
Are You Reading A Book Or Story?
September 3rd, 2018 09:30 PM | Audiobooks | Comments Off on Are You Reading A Book Or Story?
I was talking to someone who said that he was reading my book on his tablet. Being a bit of a pedant myself, I had to stop myself from saying something, not least though because I didn't want to stem his adoration of my work...
O’Brien’s – The Community Pub in the Centre of Barry
August 31st, 2018 06:44 PM | Barry | Comments Off on O’Brien’s – The Community Pub in the Centre of Barry
O'Brien's - The Community Pub in the Centre of Barry - has a terrible reputation among people who don't use it, but is it unjustified? People who don't use O'Brien's seem to have a dreadful fear of the place!
Night In Annwn Audiobook
August 25th, 2018 06:55 PM | Audiobooks | Comments Off on Night In Annwn Audiobook
A Night In Annwn Audiobook
A Night In Annwn Audiobook
It has taken me most of this year so far to get my first audiobook - A Night In Annwn - read as an audiobook, but the process is now complete ...
When a Book Costs Less Than a Drink…
August 17th, 2018 08:49 PM | Audiobooks | Comments Off on When a Book Costs Less Than a Drink…
A Night in Annwn - one of the free audiobooks on MPS
When a Book Costs Less Than a Drink...
I will admit it straight from the off! I am a writer with an axe to grind and I cannot understand ...
#FBPE – The Anti-Brexit Twitter Hashtag
August 5th, 2018 08:45 AM | Blogging | Comments Off on #FBPE – The Anti-Brexit Twitter Hashtag
#FBPE - The Anti-Brexit Twitter Hashtag
#FBPE - The Anti-Brexit Twitter Hashtag
Have you ever heard of #FBPE ? No, I hadn't until recently either, but apparently #FBPE is the anti-Brexit hashtag that is sweeping the country amongst those who can't ...
Spamming YouTube
August 5th, 2018 12:16 AM | Blogging | Comments Off on Spamming YouTube
Spamming YouTube
Spamming YouTube
YouTube is owned by Google, which I will admit right up front is not one of my favourite companies. In my opinion, Google behaves like most bad, bossy fathers, demanding that you do as they say, not ...
Water Supply
July 31st, 2018 06:12 PM | General | Comments Off on Water Supply
Megan Goes Yachting
Water Supply
I didn't realise it until today, but the local water supply was cut off five days ago. Please don't assume that I don't wash often, it isn't that, we have a water tank with a capacity ...
Being Ill in the Countryside
July 31st, 2018 02:45 PM | Diary | Comments Off on Being Ill in the Countryside
Being Ill in the Countryside
Being Ill in the Countryside
A lump has been growing on my back for the last week or two. I haven't paid it much attention because it didn't hurt and I have had a non-malignant lymphoma ...
Fourth of July
July 31st, 2018 02:34 PM | Diary | Comments Off on Fourth of July
Fourth of July
Fourth of July
From the thirteenth of September, 2004 to the fourth of July, 2005, we slept on my mother-in-law's floor in the small, rice-growing village where we live in northern Thailand, while we were waiting for our ...
Cruelty to Snakes
July 31st, 2018 02:24 PM | Diary | Comments Off on Cruelty to Snakes
Golden Tree Snake
Cruelty to Snakes
When I arrived at the shop for a beer a few minutes ago, the 'landlady' was in a panic, because a girl had reported seeing a snake entering her shop. I saw it too, but ...
Linguistic Sloppiness
July 31st, 2018 02:30 AM | General | Comments Off on Linguistic Sloppiness
Linguistic Sloppiness
Linguistic Sloppiness
As my regular readers will know, I am fascinated by languages, so I have noticed a strange shift in the BBC's reporting.
When I was a student of the USSR and Russian in the seventies, we talked about ...
