Bye Bye Blighty
As I write this, Longrider Towers is awash with boxes, full of possessions gathered over the past two decades. Slowly, the house is becoming depersonalised […]
Articles by Longrider
Presumed Consent “On the Back Burner”
After all the fuss the other day about presumed consent for organ donation, it seems as though alternatives are to be explored before going down […]
Secrets and Lies
Every so often, the Groan’s Comment is Free produces an article that fails the twaddle test. This, from Richard Norton-Taylor is one such refreshing gem: Years […]
4x4s and Reliability
I watched BBC’s Breakfast programme this morning… Why do I do this? Is it a form of masochism? Anyway, the item that caught my attention […]
The Old Sea Dog
I’m feeling poetic today. The Old Sea Dog The old sea dog reflects on happier times;As the spume-tipped waves crash to the shore;He recalls far […]
The First Day of September
Summer is no more, deceased, dead, and is gone.Today is the day the summer dies and I mourn as it passes.Freshly scrubbed children gather in […]
The Modern Totalitarian
The muse struck once more. This little ditty is less formal than the sonnet; simply rhyming couplets in a series of quatrains. I’ll admit to […]
Sonnet for the Free
Our democracy is but a century young;In this our supposèd land for the free.Yet now our liberty dies ere it’s begun.Killed by those who launder our diction’ry. Our ID belongs to […]
I’m Honoured
My polemic earlier on has warranted a bloody devil award. Well, I don’t know what to say… Thankyou to my mother who claims responsibility for […]
How to Make a Cat Yawn
I’ve been trying to get a picture like this for a long time. There’s something comical about the way cats split their heads wide open […]