Prometheus in Aspic

pararge aegeria, large as life This week I have mostly been in Edinburgh, performing my civic duty as a jury member, which means I misse...

Just about a year after our last visit , we spent the weekend at the Crown , in Wetheral, Cumbria. Very pleasant – it was mostly m...

Since I may be the only man in Northern Europe who failed to see the superb lunar eclipse the other night, I am keeping a low profile. I ...

Recently I've got into the habit of painting up prototype figures to see what the uniforms for specific units will look like, and h...

Today was Saturday, and tonight we had an excellent takeaway meal, from the Bengali restaurant in the village, and afterwards my son said...

The Contesse was busy with her camera again yesterday - here's a quick view of garden wildlife in September in South East Scotland. N...

With better luck, this would have been a post about my trip on Saturday to the Durham Light Infantry Museum (that’s right, madam – in...