Arts
Question Time with Going Postal, 30th November
Graphic EJ David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Scarborough.
Month: November 2017
Hobbies
I Learned About Flying From That Part Two
It was another hot morning in Fremantle, Western Australia in early January. Forecast for 36 degrees Celsius, 97 in old money. “Gonna be a scorcher, Geek-o!”, said my benevolent host and long-time friend Mike, whom [more…]
Hobbies
Postcard from York, The National Railway Museum
On Sunday 12th November we ventured out to do another one of those 40 things to do when you’ve been married forty years (12 down 28 to go before August 2018). So far none of [more…]
Cooking
Snert – Dutch Winter Soup
GP’s 2017 Advent Calendar of Cuisine Snert (pronounced like ‘Shnayrrt’ as much as anything) is a hearty pea soup traditionally eaten in Holland during the winter months. It is usually accompanied with a thick slice [more…]
America
Clinton Crimes – The Silence is Deafening. Part Two
….Or What the Mainstream Media are Neglecting to Report. Hillary and “The Server Scandal” “Lock Her Up” was the cry from the crowd to Donald J Trump at his rallies in the lead up to [more…]
Politics
PMQs with Going Postal
Link to PMQs on Parliament TV (I’ve yet to get the embed working) here on Going Postal TV. Daily Politics. Andrew Neil presents live coverage of Prime Minister’s Questions and the latest political news, interviews and [more…]
Cooking
The GP Advent Calendar of Cuisine – Eighteenth Century Chestnut Stuffing
Lifted from Delia Smith who lifted it from Hannah Glasse. I make this two or three weeks ahead of of time and put it in the freezer. Therefore, I do not have the turkey liver [more…]
Literature
Ah f**kin’ love a guid royal weddin
Ah remembah when Mike Tindall married that Zara burd in an’ we wiz all suconded tae Lothian an’ Bordahs for the day oan royal protection duties an’ aw that sort ae pish. It wiz well [more…]
Cooking
Estella’s open Mince Pie
GP’s 2017 Advent Calendar of Cuisine For the mincemeat 100g/3½oz currants 100g/3½oz raisins 100g/3½oz sultanas 100g/3½oz dried cranberries 100g/3½oz dried apricots, chopped 50g/1¾oz mixed peel 1 large cooking apple, peeled, cored and roughly chopped 75g/2¾oz butter, cubed 25g/1oz whole blanched almonds, roughly chopped [more…]