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Month: June 2020

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Literature

Rodion and Sonya’s Garret: A Tale of Redemption

22nd June 2020 Going Postal 4060 Comments

   We will kill desire: we will foster drunkenness, gossip, denunciation; we will foster unheard-of depravity; we will stifle every genius in its infancy. Everything reduced to a common denominator, complete equality. Dostoyevsky Rodion opened [more…]

Arts

Downfall

22nd June 2020 Godfrey Bloom 3738 Comments

It seems the ‘Western’ Democracies are stumbling into a new dark age, the historical perspective would suggest the Roman Empire has the template for ultimate failure. An inability to protect its borders, the degradation of [more…]

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War Crimes Chapter 13 – Moira and Edge’s Story

21st June 2020 Blown Periphery 1699 Comments

War Crimes Chapter 13 When Angela found Moira it was obvious that Moira had been crying.  Her dark mascara had run from her eyes in blue streaks and those eyes were puffy and reddened.  Even [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Forty Six

21st June 2020 Going Postal 3730 Comments

Monday Good morning readers, a strange day today, a little warmer outside but not very sunny. Breakfast with the gang who arrived back at No10, via the back door, yesterday evening. Before going to bed, [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary Week Forty Five

21st June 2020 Going Postal 2867 Comments

Monday Morning everyone and welcome to the first day of Summer. Now Summer is here the forecast is that it’s going to get a touch cooler! I was just coming in from my first patrol [more…]

Arts

The Swaling, Part Nine

20th June 2020 Always Worth Saying 4568 Comments

We are in the front room at 28 Dumfries Street, Kovan. The awful Nicolaas and Dora Clogg have called in response to an “Operation Bonfire” appeal in the Straights Star. Tai Tai and Lotus are [more…]

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Crossword No. 123

20th June 2020 Going Postal 3828 Comments

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 122 Glazinova. Answers with next week’s crossword. [more…]

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Oysters 2½ Ways

19th June 2020 Captain Black 3750 Comments

“O Oysters,’ said the Carpenter, You’ve had a pleasant run! Shall we be trotting home again?’ But answer came there none — And this was scarcely odd, because They’d eaten every one.” The final verse [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

19th June 2020 Always Worth Saying 3984 Comments

Question Time 18th June 2020 Panel: James Cleverly (Conservative) Lisa Nandy (Labour) Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat) Jed Mercurio (Writer) Steve Parish (Businessman) Venue: Plymouth The expert who advised Thomas Guy to put his money into [more…]

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