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Month: August 2019

Arts

Postcard from Lille, Part 25

10th August 2019 Always Worth Saying 3178 Comments

Where should an escaped prisoner escape to? You can’t go to the obvious place as, if it’s obvious, that’s where they’ll be looking for you.  Some other places spring to mind, Paraguay, Switzerland? On receiving a letter [more…]

Hobbies

Crossword No. 78

10th August 2019 Going Postal 3935 Comments

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug of your choice, or GP beer mats. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm tomorrow subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last weeks’ winners. [more…]

Arts

Guilty by Citation

8th August 2019 Joe Slater 3168 Comments

“All the routines of daily life are affected. You choose between being spat on in public places or staying at home. You are completely exposed. It suddenly becomes quiet all around you. Friends you have [more…]

20th Century

Postcard from Hiroshima

7th August 2019 Going Postal 2978 Comments

This is a note about my visit to the Peace Memorial Museum at Hiroshima.  Some of what follows is gruesome. I’ve long been interested in military history, and I’ve been fortunate to visit the site [more…]

Politics

Confronting The Climate Emergency, Part 3

7th August 2019 James Dalton 3447 Comments

The third meeting of the Holme Valley Parish Council Climate Emergency Steering Group [HVPCCESG] took place on 18/6/19. Interesting facts: On researching the relative merits of solar power and nuclear power with respect to waste [more…]

Fiction

Joe Malone, Part Twenty-Four

6th August 2019 Going Postal 2979 Comments

Private Investigator Joe Malone has a document that could shed some light onto the mysterious disappearance of Arch-remainer, Lord Marmon-Herrington Bixby. He is using a device to try and discern any clues to the letter’s [more…]

Conservatives

Globalism v. Nationalism Part 6

6th August 2019 Jonathon Davies 3248 Comments

Hello again, friends. Last time out we looked at the state of the parties and the Tory leadership race. Since then Boris Johnson, as was widely expected, has become Prime Minister. Trump has gone into [more…]

Fiction

Némésis Part 5

4th August 2019 Blown Periphery 2749 Comments

Northern Iraq and the Syrian Governorate of Al Hasakha, December 2017 Ripley lay in the tarpaulin hammock, underneath an overhead poncho they had used to keep the sun out of her eyes. They were sensitive [more…]

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The Devil’s Bird

4th August 2019 rattuscatchus 3101 Comments

Some of you may have not read any comments by myself regarding swifts during the Summer months, usually noting their arrival, their numbers and when they leave. I’m not quite sure why but for me, [more…]

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