The Detectives

Brit Comedy that “they” won’t make any more :o( I have the boxset on DVD. BTW – Jasper Carrott’s beloved daughter is an actress. She plays the one with long blond hair in the Shaun of the Dead clip I posted earlier. She was also in The Office (Yukky Gervais) and in One Foot in […]

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John Law – The 17th Century Moneymaker

Three hundred years ago, a charismatic young gambler and man-about-town with a natural gift for mathematics fled London for the Continent. His name was John Law and he had a good reason to go, having killed a man in a duel. Living off his lucrative winnings at the gaming tables of Europe, Law became increasingly […]

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Siege of La Rochelle

The Mills of God Grind….Oooops. Done that! Wiki : La Rochelle I researched this inside out, up and down, backwards and forwards. They besieged were forced to boil saddles, eat cats, dogs, rats…Children(?!?) to survive. Ahem. Why? Because Marie de Rohan’s family were half Catholic and half Huguenot. Her uncles were called Soubise and Henri, […]

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ForeShadowing

Weave a Garland of my Vows by Greta Brookes

This was inspired by Mr SitA. TY :o) I’m a WRITER. I write HISFIC novels. I’ve studied both the Art & the Craft of writing. Me, myself and I totally understand FORESHADOWING   Definition of Foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. Foreshadowing often appears […]

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Status Update

OK. I am now down to just three FE yt channels. Richard does not post often but when he does….. :o)  

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BEYOND Beautiful

Wow! I’m in a world of lovely loveliness right now. These cards are so very gorgeous. Jeremy Hush is an amazing illustrator. They kind of remind me of Arthur Rackham and Edmund du Lac pictures. Sigh. Happy. Sigh :o)

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The Invisible College

In 1660 a small group of men, led by Sir Robert Moray, met in London with a secret plan to reshape the world. They were members of the ‘Invisible College’, better known today as the Freemasons Emerging from the horrors of the Civil War, Britain was a society torn apart by political difference, religious ferment […]

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If U’ve Ever Lived in the Middle East…

…and been caught short. This is the kind of loo you’d use. Always a drain and a hose. I was so stooooopid the first time I went that I asked about the hose. Aha. Makes sense. Mmmmmn. I guess them Middle Eastern Arabs are having a grand laugh at us retard Westerners right now (?!)

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A & K plus WEIRDO

GB : 7th Dec 2019 Many, many decades later – the 3 of us can still get together with our shared teenage vibe and cause merry mayhem. Just like we did in Pompey. All those years ago. Love my mates :o) Above – photo of A and K and some weirdo posing, filthy dirty but […]

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Disinformation Station

I have stood, standing in front of this statue many a time. Reading the plaques. I’ve also read “Dan Green’s” books. ‘Pparently there is a CODE encoded in Alfred, Lord’s statue with a Naughty word or two therein. If you can be arsed – read the interview below and listen to a Master BS’er in […]

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Aw, I’m spoken for ^ , but Thanks 🙏

I bought the book above many years ago when researching my novel. I was trying to find answers to WHY men in the 17th century were so obsessed with their facial hair. Mmmmn. Still don’t understand. Even as a kid I “felt” that men with beards were hiding something. Dunno why!   A witty, comprehensive […]

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Absolute. Concrete. PROOF M’Lud

My Dad was SB. I was RMP. Aced that shit and got the plum posting to Berlin….Check it out (?) My brother was/and went back to the Police Force. I GREW up surrounded by the LAW. The TRUTH. Justice. I gave and WILL prove all and every single piece of EVIDENCE collected to ANY court. […]

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