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Month: October 2019

Fiction

Némésis – Book 2 Part 3

27th October 2019 Blown Periphery 0

Cécile passed the language course with considerable effort on her part. The history and culture aspect she found to be relatively easy and she did surprisingly well in written Arabic, but she struggled on the [more…]

WorthingGooner, Going Postal
Animals

Larry’s Diary Week Nine, Animal Prison

27th October 2019 Going Postal 0

Monday I had a lovely day yesterday, it was so nice and peaceful here in Downing Street with Bozzie and the Otter away. I didn’t see Dilyn all day, I wonder if he is in [more…]

Tony B, Going Postal
20th Century

A Medic with 130 Fld. Amb. RAMC; September 1940-41

27th October 2019 Going Postal 0

While going through all my father’s bits and pieces, which have been boxed up since his death, I came across a four page type-written reminiscence of the time he was stationed in Dover between 1940-41. [more…]

Always Worth Saying, Going Postal
Arts

Postcard from Lille, Part 36

26th October 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

By now, Princess Fahds was married and expecting. Expecting a bebe and expecting the love to follow the land, as the new one’s little feet approached the oil soaked, lifeless sand. Her own life was full of wonderful things. A wonderful [more…]

Hobbies

Crossword No. 89

26th October 2019 Going Postal 0

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’ winner. [more…]

Arts

A (short) Postcard From “The Firkin Fox”

25th October 2019 Colin Cross 0

I have a good friend who lives in Essex, although we are very different people we’ve always got along well since we first met, we share a sense of humour that not everyone gets. We [more…]

Arts

Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

25th October 2019 Roger Ackroyd 0

Question Time 24th October 2019 South Tyneside voted 49,000 to 30,000 to Leave at the Referendum. It is represented in parliament by Labour MP, Emma Lewell-Buck. She employed her husband as “researcher” despite him being [more…]

Arts

Going Postal with Question Time

24th October 2019 Going Postal 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Leicester. On the panel are: Norman Lamont, former chancellor of the exchequer 1990-93, and a Conservative peer since 1998; Richard [more…]

Sikh Warrior, Going Postal
Arts

Midlife and the search for the ‘Wild Man’

24th October 2019 Going Postal 0

Midway in life’s journey, I found myself in a dark wood, having lost the way. -The Comedy of Dante Alighieri This perhaps an off-beat subject for GP, but one that affects everybody at some stage [more…]

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