Dropping Leaves

Mother Nature insists it happen.  We see it in the caterpillar and the butterfly, the tadpole and the frog, the acorn and the oak, the crack...

Russia 10 roubles 2015 - Khabarovsk

New circulating commemorative: "Cities of military glory: Khabarovsk " (news by Aleksander Belozerskikh ) LINK: Bank of Russia

Myanmar 5000 kyats 2015 - 1st tenure of the Constitutional Government

New silver commemorative: " 1st tenure of the new Constitutional Government " The Central Bank of Myanmar will distribute 5,000 k...

Jeremy Corbyn alone on the opposition front bench

This is what it looks like if you defy your party whip 500 times and then become its leader. Corbyn sat on his own on the front bench https:...

Recently lost railways 1

The first of four parts (I spoil you. I know) of a video that looks at lines that were closed in the decade between the late 1970s and late ...

Six of the Best 553

Richard Kemp has little time for the mayor of Liverpool. Raymond Smith speaks up for the Green Belt: "The Green Belt may not have tur...

Lord Bonkers' Diary: "I'm a Jihadi, Daddy"

Another diary entry from Rutland's most popular fictional peer, first published in Liberator magazine. This one proved scarily prophetic...

Little Gems

 My Little Gems is finished. I hope yours is coming along and you are ready to put it together. Lets take a closer look.   If you are new to...

The Soul Of A City

The last week in August 2005 a nation, admittedly persons around the world, watched with growing alarm as a force of nature spun toward the ...