Blind Corner

When the first of these things happened, that is to say upon the twentieth day of April, 192-, I was twenty-two years old, a little stronger than most men of my age, and very ready for anything that bade fair to prove more exciting than entering the office of my uncle, who was a merchant… Continue reading Blind Corner

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Mincemeat

Duff Cooper was a competent historian – for a while his two volume biography of Haig was considered a standard.

Balcony Scene

I have seen Evita at least three times since it opened in 1978. Now there is a new production at The London Palladium.

Blue Italian

Stoke-on Trent is known here as Bertie’s birthplace, on 18th March 2019.

The King’s Birthday Parade

Buckingham Palace 14th June, 2025 His Majesty was present at The King’s Birthday Parade on Horse Guards Parade this morning at which The King’s Colour of Number 7 Company Coldstream Guards was Trooped. The King was accompanied by The Queen (Colonel, Grenadier Guards), The Duke of Edinburgh (Colonel, Scots Guards), The Prince of Wales (Colonel,… Continue reading The King’s Birthday Parade

Better Bonkers

Hello, welcome back to Blog Bellew after the intermission. Normal service will be resumed soon. It has not been a good time for the author; two bad falls, both times knocked out and waking up in pools of blood. After the second fall I went to hospital for a brain scan, etc. So brain bruised… Continue reading Better Bonkers

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