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Month: December 2018

Arts

Going Postal New Year’s Eve

31st December 2018 Going Postal 3934 Comments

© EJ 2018  

19th Century

A Bear’s Diary – Part 3

30th December 2018 Tachybaptus 1917 Comments

June 12th, 1808. I take up my pen again in London, where Jem and I have arrived after our hasty departure from Cambridge. It is quite understandable that Jem, unpaid by his lordship for more [more…]

Christianity

Why Then? Why There? The First Coming of the Messiah

30th December 2018 1642again 1860 Comments

We are at the end of Advent, the Christian season that looks forward to Christ’s nativity.  Today I am not going to tell you what you most probably already know about Advent, its significance and [more…]

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Nominations for Wankpuffin of the Year 2018

29th December 2018 Going Postal 3039 Comments

As Alistair Campbell once famously said, I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1966

28th December 2018 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3642 Comments

Featured song: The beach Boys – Good Vibrations This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making [more…]

Arts

Æthelberht’s RFA Christmas

27th December 2018 Æthelberht 4067 Comments

I know there’s plenty of former Pusser types on GP, and even a few who have sailed under the red duster. They’ll all be familiar with the Christmas routines for their respective outfits. I thought [more…]

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Wankpuffin’s 2018 Going Postal Fireside Christmas Special Spectacular

25th December 2018 Going Postal 5252 Comments

© EJ 2018  

Arts

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

24th December 2018 OldTrout 6682 Comments

Painted in about 1470/75, it is in the National Gallery. One of my favourite carols: Merry Christmas!   OldTrout 2018  

19th Century

A Bear’s Diary – Part 2

23rd December 2018 Tachybaptus 2490 Comments

March 6th, 1807. George is off to Italy, where I am sure he will have a capital time ogling churches and whores, and buying paintings that might be by Salvator Rosa but are probably not. [more…]

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