Penelope Wallace

27th September 2019 In General By Penelope Wallace

Do you remember Clive Ponting?

I thought I would post slightly obliquely about the current political and legal chaos. The Supreme Court’s decision reminded me of two court cases long ago. In the early 1980s, Ken Livingstone’s Greater London Council (later abolished) introduced radically cheap transport fares. This was challenged in the...

20th September 2019 In Uncategorised By Penelope Wallace

Sorry…

The Blogger apologises for lack of a post this week: she is off travelling for the weekend....

13th September 2019 In Books By Penelope Wallace

Defending women in “Evil Under The Sun”

It’s now respectable to like and enjoy Agatha Christie, and I do, as I think previous posts have amply shown. I've read nearly all the Christies, most of them more than once, and they are a great go-to comfort read; but some of them are perhaps...

6th September 2019 In Ragaris books By Penelope Wallace

Trials and smiles of an author (7) with particular reference to “The Servant’s Voice”

I am currently enmeshed in proof-reading, which is a very pleasant task. But also dangerous, in more ways than one. For example, I described a character as wearing green. Later in the story he was wearing brown, and although it was a different day, he was...

30th August 2019 In General By Penelope Wallace

“Nursing her wrath to keep it warm”

I apologise for the lack of a post, or even a message, last week. This was due to various technical difficulties. The computer now has a new hard drive, so apparently it was not Windows that was to blame. I was planning to post this week...

16th August 2019 In Christianity By Penelope Wallace

Christianity and politics: the Blogger’s sermon

You may have noticed there hasn't been much politics of late in this blog, and this is partly because the current situation is too depressing and infuriating to write about; partly because I don't understand any of the economics or the gossip; and partly because...