March, 2020 | Going Postal

Crossword No. 111

28th March 2020 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug and keyring! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winners. Tbd. Answers with next week’s [more…]

V Discs

27th March 2020 Going Postal 0

“V” or “Victory Discs” were a development of an idea originally cooked up in 1941 by thee US Army’s Recreation and Welfare Section and the were based on the thought that recordings of military band [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

27th March 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 26th March 2020 Panel: Robert Jenrick (Conservative) Emily Thornbury (Labour) Richard Horton (The Lancet) Humphrey Cobbold (Businessman) Venue: Shrewsbury In another alteration to the usual format, tonight’s panel were in London, the questioners [more…]

Going Postal with Question Time

26th March 2020 Going Postal 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from West London. On the panel are: Robert Jenrick MP, secretary of state for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Conservative; Emily [more…]

Through The Laurels, An RAF Story – Ch. 3

26th March 2020 Going Postal 0

Shakespeare and the V-Bombers When the old 542 Squadron disbanded, the manning people at Bomber Command allowed us to go to a station of our choosing. This was to say you had a rough time [more…]

Savings must come first – cash is a mere diversion

26th March 2020 Emile Woolf 0

I am typing this in the SAA Business Lounge of Durban airport, awaiting a call to board a flight to Johannesburg, where we are due to take the last flight to London before all international [more…]

HMS Amethyst and the Yangtse “Incident”

25th March 2020 Blown Periphery 0

Simon’s Story It’s warm in the room and I’m lying cosily in that semi-trance state, debating whether to close my inner eyelids for ever, or to attempt to explain my small part in the story. I [more…]

A crisis is a terrible thing to waste – Part II

25th March 2020 Going Postal 0

“Trust the state. Do what they say. They’ve never lied to us before, have they?” – Daniel McAdams, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity Central bankers are washing their hands too Looking at the [more…]

Trump and the China Virus. A Glitch in the Matrix 2020

25th March 2020 James Dalton 0

You have to hand it to them. To politicians and journalists in the pockets of worldwide big money. They know exactly what they are doing – and the world succumbs. “Even when the squirrel really [more…]