4th October 2019
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General
Life with a lollipop
(News about "The Servant's Voice" at the end of this post...
27th September 2019
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General
Do you remember Clive Ponting?
I thought I would post slightly obliquely about the current political and legal chaos. The Supreme Court’s decision reminded me of two court cases long ago. In the early 1980s, Ken Livingstone’s Greater London Council (later abolished) introduced radically cheap transport fares. This was challenged in the...
20th September 2019
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Uncategorised
Sorry…
The Blogger apologises for lack of a post this week: she is off travelling for the weekend....
13th September 2019
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Books
Defending women in “Evil Under The Sun”
It’s now respectable to like and enjoy Agatha Christie, and I do, as I think previous posts have amply shown. I've read nearly all the Christies, most of them more than once, and they are a great go-to comfort read; but some of them are perhaps...
6th September 2019
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Ragaris books
Trials and smiles of an author (7) with particular reference to “The Servant’s Voice”
I am currently enmeshed in proof-reading, which is a very pleasant task. But also dangerous, in more ways than one. For example, I described a character as wearing green. Later in the story he was wearing brown, and although it was a different day, he was...
30th August 2019
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General
“Nursing her wrath to keep it warm”
I apologise for the lack of a post, or even a message, last week. This was due to various technical difficulties. The computer now has a new hard drive, so apparently it was not Windows that was to blame. I was planning to post this week...
16th August 2019
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Christianity
Christianity and politics: the Blogger’s sermon
You may have noticed there hasn't been much politics of late in this blog, and this is partly because the current situation is too depressing and infuriating to write about; partly because I don't understand any of the economics or the gossip; and partly because...
9th August 2019
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General
Outburst of an unhinged technophobe
It is probably appropriate to start by reminding all readers the meaning of the title PPI Blogger - Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant. I find our modern technological society very useful, of course, but also very frustrating. Please excuse the following outburst, not unrelated to the experience...
Victims of the author
Imagine that you are walking past a lonely graveyard at night, when you hear a terrifying shriek, improbably smell garlic or blood, and see white things flitting about. You run home as fast as you can, lock the door, and then start to wonder. What...
12th July 2019
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General
Delay and inconvenience
The other day I decided to buy fruit and vegetables, not at the supermarket, but at the local independent greengrocer and fishmonger that has stood on Beeston High St for over a century. It is a friendly and excellent local institution (pretty advanced in non-use...