Thoughts of a Depressive Diplomatist

OK, I'm committed to having a bash at  the challenge . This evening I've been looking a my painting table and lead pile to see wha...

Viscount Eric over at the excellent Gaming with the Gnomies has brought my attention to the #30Day30Miniatures Challenge (originally the id...

The volcano in the Lost World is now unlost...

The reason that this blog has been so deathly quiet of late is that I just haven't done anything hobbywise worth writing about.  Howe...

For longer that I care to look into I've been promising to restart this blog.  And for most of that time, I seem to have been promising ...

This blog has lost it's direction.  I don't know where to go with it.  But I'm not ready to give up on it yet The real old gua...

David Gunn,  Sailor in the Desert: The Adventures of Phillip Gunn, DSM, RN in the Mesopotamia Campaign, 1915 , Pen & Sword (2013).  ...

I'm sure that there is a genre of fiction (meta-fiction?) in which characters in a story realise that that's just what they are.  I...

My submission date for Painting Challenge entries is Wednesday, so I've been intending Thursday to be my regular spot for an update... ...

Well, I've made a really bad start to the AHPC 'Ate.  This was going to be the year when I had everything organised,  submitted for...

I’m not one for writing blog posts at the beginning of the year which lay out a grand plan or scheme of things.  This is probably because I...

Welcome to the first Doctor Who Wednesday of 2018! In fact, this is the first DWW since August, which is far too long a gap.  Hopefully...

For my pick of non-fiction books I've read this year, see here . Again, these are in no particular order... John Scalzi (ed), Meta...

It's the time of year for introspective posts, so I thought I'd put together a list of the top ten books I've read this year. ...

Now, I think I've probably mentioned James Holloway's podcast Monsterman  ('Because Monsters Are Interesting') before.  Some...

For various reasons I won't go into now, November was a complete write-off hobby-wise.  I've just checked and it was one of only two...

Well, I'm in the final stretch of my sober for October challenge, raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support   Thank you everyone fo...

I doubt very much whether I'll be posting anything for Zomtober this weekend.  I have done any painting this week, and I'm feeling...