Peter G. Shilston's Blog

 Harry stepped off the train onto the busy platform. He was wearing a blue waterproof, although it was a cloudless day, and he carried a gre...

   George Orwell once said that the traditional British hero was Jack the giant-killer: the little man fighting against heavy odds. This ref...

  Donald Trump's followers, and even Trump himself, have been quick to detect the hand of God in his narrow escape from assassination du...

This is my ideal women's cricket team, chosen from those currently playing. It is purely a list of those I most enjoy watching, regardle...

This strange little creature, in a piece of stained glass only a few inches square, can be seen in the southern entry to the church of St Ma...

  (The year is 1763, and Sir James Wilbrahim has suddenly fallen ill. The full text of the novel can be read at pgvshil.blogspot.com ) ........

There has been much online mockery of the suggestion of Donald Trump as the next Pope. I think this is unfair. I think Trump would make an e...