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Month: January 2020

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Hong Kong – The whiff of tear gas

28th January 2020 Going Postal 0

There has been something of a lull in Hong Kong recently: Christmas, Calendar New Year and the Lunar New year to come at the end of the week have contributed to a pause in the [more…]

stanislav the Polish plumber, Going Postal
Fiction

The Book of Ruin – Book One, Ch. One

27th January 2020 stanislav the Polish plumber 0

BOOK ONE, A RUINOUS FEUD . It is in an old, roofless, dilapidated building, without windows or doors, more a few piles of rubble than a building, set in a devastated, once-urban wilderness, two hundred [more…]

Human Interest

What does it take to be a man?

27th January 2020 Rookwood 0

Apart from the song by the US band Boston, who sadly managed to enthusiastically embrace the “Touchy feely” spectrum ruining an otherwise excellent song, this is a genuine question. In this age of mass gender [more…]

Fiction

Némésis – Book 3 Part 3

26th January 2020 Blown Periphery 0

Halward’s Road Trip 16th February 2018 The lead vehicle saw the following command Supacat grind to a halt and doubled back. The crew had dismounted and Ellis and Carson were under the vehicle. James Ellis [more…]

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Arts

Postcard from Lille, Part 48

25th January 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

For a recap of the story so far, please click here. We’re plodding around Lille on a cold Sunday afternoon at the end of November 2018. There are six of us in a wedge. Five [more…]

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Doing the “Death Clean”

25th January 2020 Going Postal 0

The “Death Clean” was coined by a Swedish woman who, sensibly, decided that, as death is a reality for us all, began it with her own house. I’m doing it with mine. The only certainties [more…]

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Crossword No. 102

25th January 2020 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP 4th anniversary mug!. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 101 – Rick. Answers with [more…]

Arts

Cruising at Christmas (and the New Year) – Part 2

24th January 2020 Going Postal 0

Thursday – St Vincent and the Grenadines (Boxing Day) I woke just as we were docking, no mad rush to get moving as I was on an afternoon trip. However I was peckish so I [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

24th January 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 23rd January 2020 Panel: Theresa Villiers (Conservative) Emily Thornberry (Labour) Trevor Phillips (Broadcaster) Mike Barton (Former Chief Constable) Sarah Baxter (Sunday Times) Venue: Stoke Newington Dear reader, had this week’s Question Time been [more…]

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