Time for something a bit different. Thus far, my articles about train stations have focused on the big, sweeping London terminals. For this next edition, we’re leaving the city, and heading a few miles north, to a place I know extremely well. I was raised in Stevenage, and as a result, my early train journeys […]
Last night, Doctor Who fans bade farewell to the 13th Doctor, Jodie Whittaker. Regeneration episodes have tended to be very big in scope, with rapidly-increasing dangers and seemingly impossible odds, and The Power of the Doctor was no exception. I should warn that spoilers will be riddled throughout this post, so please don’t read if […]
Paddington Station is one of the most famous train stations in the world. Its name is synonymous with a much-loved bear from Peru, and it has survived with few modifications down the decades. The permanent Paddington Station opened on the 29th of May, 1854, replacing a temporary facility, and was designed by none other than […]
Euston Station is the southern terminus of the West Coast Mainline, which is one of the busiest lines by passenger numbers in the UK. Destinations include Birmingham, Manchester, and Glasgow. It is a key terminal, and it’s going to become even more important in the coming years, yet it has been poorly treated by bureaucrats, […]
To the west of King’s Cross (as in, if you sprint, it will take you all of thirty seconds, if that, to get there) is another major London terminal, yet operationally, St Pancras is virtually completely separate from its neighbour. St Pancras has a storied history, and it is a survivor. The station opened on […]
London King’s Cross is one of the most famous of all stations, not just in the UK, but in the world. It is the southern terminus of the East Coast Main Line to Edinburgh, as well as a number of suburban and rural routes. It is a station I know quite well, having travelled through […]
Back in 2019 (yes, I am aware I’ve told this story before), I started a journey. It began as a piece of… well, not fan fiction, for it was an original piece of work, but it was a story for my website. I developed it during quiet periods at work, and at home. I was […]
It would seem that David is continuing to spin fanciful, misleading yarns, and all of this stems from getting involved in a conversation that had nothing to do with him. He appears upset and annoyed by the direction of all this, yet if he had left me alone, I would not have any reason to […]
Allow me to preface this post with the warning that this topic is a sensitive one. The depictions of violence are quite graphic, and quite brutal. Discussions of this nature can easily become heated, for we are talking about cherished beliefs and ideals. We are talking about historical figures of much notoriety. Some background. This […]
It seems that Silence of Mind is rattled. After he waded into the comments of this post by Bruce Gerencser, he was always on a hiding to nothing, and so it proved. In his righteous fury, he has repeated debunked arguments about atheists being murders, ignored the violence of Christian history, and overlooked the volumes […]
In the not so distant future, I will have been blogging at Meerkat Musings for TEN years. That's sort of scary. I never set out to reach a milestone like that, but ten years on, Meerkat Musings feels like my home-on-the-web, so to speak. #BloggingCommunity
Now, this I find difficult. Of those I have tried, which admittedly is not many, I am rather fond of McDonald's fries, though Burger King's have grown on me.
Do you vote in political elections? You can bet your ass that I vote! Ever since I was a young meerkat, I have regarded exercising my right to vote as an important civic duty. I always vote in general elections, and try to vote in local elections too. I can understand why some people abstain, […]
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