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For transparency's sake I'll say up front that there's an article written by me in this issue of Eagle Times. Is it the best thing in the issue? I'll have to leave that for you to decide (I'm biased!), but it does highlight something...
It’s Sunday, and it’s time for another “picdump!” Here are the memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found interesting or relevant this week. Share and enjoy! Once again, the US government is issuing a highly...
Today I am very pleased to be reviewing the 4th Ernest Cunningham mystery. This is one of my most anticipated reads of 2026. I was intrigued by the choice of setting, as whilst bank robberies are common fodder in the world of crime TV...
These are some things I’ve wandered across on the web this week. 🔖 Soundcamp / Reveil 2026 is the 40th year since the ecology park was set up on abandoned dockland. A free programme of walks, talks and workshops will be a chance to find...
Pastel Beauties – Havana, Cuba A small subset of the group walked towards the water, the port area next to Old Havana. And though it was a short distance, there was a noticeable change in the architecture and the character of the...
Book review for Judgement at Tokyo by Gary J. Bass. I rated it 4.5 stars. For some, the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal (or officially The International Military Tribunal for the Far East) is considered as a form of "victor's justice". History...
Apparently people take "don't speak ill of the dead" seriously
DICK STODGHILL “Deadtown.” Appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, November 2009. Never reprinted or collected, as far as I’ve discovered so far. The year Is 1940, and a man drives into the gritty out-of-the-way town named...
At the end of each week, I usually collate a lightly edited collection of recent comments I’ve made on social media, which I think of as my public scratch pad. I tag on what books I may have finished reading. Knowing I’ll revisit my...