“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
The tiny bookshop that I was squished into the other week, remember? Oh. Never mind. It’s so small now because the owner has given the other half of the shop to his daughter and her partner. Today, I finally found the shop open and so went inside. Begad and begorrah. There are old/antique Tarot cards […]
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Ooooh. A freebie via yt :o} A PHIL RICKMAN STANDALONE NOVEL A supernatural thriller from the author of the chilling Merrily Watkins Mysteries. Though dead for two millennia, he remains perfectly preserved in black peat. The Man in the Moss is one of the most fascinating finds of the century.But, for the isolated Pennine community […]
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The backing vocals on this were done by the Divine Eddi Reader. As you can see on the TOTP video. I saw the Eurythmics Live in Berlin in 1984. WTF : Was Eddi there? They sounded just as good as on my vinyl L.P. Quite liking the second video )official( SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF […]
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In May 2019 I was deep into Double, Double, Toil and Trouble land. 29th May 2019 : “Most Sacrilegious Murder…” said by MacDuff 30th May 2019 : “To know my deed, ’twere best not know myself.” 30th May 2019 : “Out, damned spot! out, I say!” 31st May 2019 : “My bosom franchised and allegiance […]
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Never Ever upset a German woman called Gerda by calling the flights on her darts black, red and yellow. Oooh. Blitzkrieg. My bad :o( And we were playing on the same Darts Team. My bad. BTW : England are playing Germany right now. As I type. Septic Peg predicts……Red English Faces all round ? ? […]
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This is a kind of Heavy Jon Creek episode. About murder, eugenics, magicians, innocence destroyed and ye olde ladder lean aka Pythagoras. PLOT : Set five years after the previous episode, “Gorgons Wood”, “The Grinning Man” begins by introducing the Gothic mansion Metropolis. Since 1938, a number of visitors staying overnight in the mansion’s attic […]
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There are a VERY few people that I Truly Envy. In the true meaning of the word ENVY : a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities, or luck. Maybe just two. This feeling has nothing to do with jealousy or hatred or anything negative. It’s more of a wistful […]
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My own personal DB is ex-RAF and ex-South Wales Police. He knows more about flying machines than…urm…move on, GB. He’s an EXPERT on both World Wars and Jack the Ripper and Hitler and Warfare and Motorbikes and Cars and how to tell a great story that’ll leave y’all crying with mirth. He’s called Brian. And […]
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Simon had four cats – like me – each with his/her own personality. This reminds me of DeeDee. Black as the Ace of Spades and rescued from a farm stable. Even then she’d sit with her back to me when miffed…taking a sneaky peek over her shoulder to make sure that you knew that she […]
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I went to school with an André. See Message Below? Hey Sis do you remember Andrew Cross. He sent me this message: Many thanks for replying Iain. We’re all good & hope same with you, family & friends. We often see Phil & we have yet more tickets to see Stiff Little Fingers at Rock […]
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For once, the TV series led me to the books. I adore John Thaw and Kevin Whately and this whole series. I’ve also read all of Colin Dexter’s books. This is the first book and the first programme. “The Dead of Jericho” is the first instalment of the Inspector Morse TV series starring John Thaw and Kevin Whately (as Detective Sergeant Lewis). Colin Dexter also […]
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This is the Black Labrador that I saved from being drowned. My Dad named him Nigger. For the dog that Guy Gibson owned. Another Black Lab. This is the behind of the photo above. Nigger was my best friend in the house. We used to walk miles together :o)
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Hidden History Research 