LAST CHANCE TO COMMENT! Which story is YOUR favourite? Please note: The Judges may disagree with you – but their decision is final. To those who didn’t make the final 5: You are all WINNERS! Your writing is of great…
A Diary of Despair? And hope. Friday 11 am Under lowering skies pregnant with the growls of trapped airliners London snarls. Tomorrow millions will take to the streets. Today two million signatures beg for repeal. London has always been a…
At the Brandenburg Gate, this nude was proclaiming, in German, “I am the King of East Germany!” I leave you to complete the cliche. I navigated my birthday. The actual date – 5th February for those requiring an extra nudge…
You be the judge! I posted this: PLEASE if you haven’t yet signed the Hounslow Climate Change petition, do so? Hounslow is the Borough most affected by the dreaded Heathrow 3rd runway, we are plagued by noise, traffic and air…
Yesterday I wrote the word “END” on page 156 of the novel I have been working on for the past two years. (This may be my excuse for not having published a blog for weeks – apologies to you!). So…
You decide. S is a good friend of mine, who suffers from a debilitating, life-threatening disease. I can’t give you details for extremely good reasons. Let’s just say, they’re partly personal, partly professional. So forgive me if I am a…
…as if they ever really went away! In a deeply unfair process, the Red Coffee Box was denied a Street Trader’s Licence. This was due to the opposition of Tory Councillor Joanna Biddle, with the assistance of the owner of…
UPDATE: The MESS in the NHS? Season 1 Revisited The NHS and me have had another run-in. You may wish to bone-up on the background, if so read http://jonelkon.com/nhs-crisis-what-crisis-this-one/ If not, don’t bother. Like a box-set, the story is easy enough…
How to fix the world and profit on it George Monbiot in the Guardian yesterday was as thought-provoking as always. This is the Green Warrior who supports nuclear power, so he’s no mere twig on the green tree. In today’s…
(Apologies – pun unavoidable) Image: BBC Watching Ed Balls bump bellies with Trumpists (Travels in Trumpland with Ed Balls BBC TV) was deeply unsettling. The joy with which they laud their Saviour and their and his lifestyle is infectious and…