Thursday, June 27, 2024

Medium Update: Latest Article and Story.

The following article and story can be found on Medium.

The Grammar Check 

I have, what you might call, a love-hate relationship with grammar check software. We all make mistakes when we write. I know that I do. The mistakes are corrected during editing, but...


Welcome to The House of Fun 

My journey into Bedsitland had begun when I rented a small, partially furnished single room on the ground floor of a terraced house, close to where I had lived as a boy...

Monday, June 24, 2024

When I Was a Lad: Billy's Boots, a Blast From the Past.

I was on Twitter X the other day, when I came across a post about the comics that were a big part of life for children back in the 1970s. The question was asked, how many did you buy? There was a picture of the comics available at the time. Not sure if it was all of them, but there were a lot. Most of them were for boys, some, like Sally, Bunty and Diana, for girls.

Here it is.

It's an impressive number. The ones that I remember buying were the Beano and Dandy. I also remember Look-in, Joe 90, Marvel and Spider-man. Most of the names here are familiar to me, and the chances are that I occasionally bought them. It has to be said, though, that I couldn't afford to buy all the ones that I probably wanted. 

Saturday, June 22, 2024

66666: The Number of the Book

Well, that looks ominous. 

I had finished writing, and I thought to myself, I will stop there for now. 

Then I looked at the word count.

Sunday, June 16, 2024