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Month: August 2020

Arts

Review: First Ever Question Time

13th August 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 25th September 1979 Panel: Teddy Taylor (Conservative) Michael Foot (Labour) Fr Derek Worlock (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool) Edna O’Brien (Writer) Venue: A South London Theatre The first-ever edition of Question Time was [more…]

Arts

The story of Matilda

13th August 2020 Going Postal 0

Remember old Aesop and his Fables?  There’s one about the boy who was set to guard the sheep and as he was bored, he called the alarm to liven things up a bit.  Eventually the [more…]

Health

A pint of your finest please!

12th August 2020 Going Postal 0

On the last Friday in July, on that stinking hot day with temperatures hitting 35, I lay recumbent in a hammock-like chair, watching the pint pour slowly.    There was a gentle breeze as I counted [more…]

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Winnie The Pooh Gets Pulled Over By The Plods

12th August 2020 Going Postal 0

“Come and sit down,” said Kanga to Piglet, “I can see you’ve had an awful shock – you’re all a-tremble. I’ll make us a cup of tea and you can tell me about it.” “Well,” [more…]

rattuscatchus, Going Postal
Arts

The episode that broke the spell

11th August 2020 rattuscatchus 0

I was a huge fan of New Tricks. For those that didn’t watch, it was a British police drama about a small unit of 3 detectives and a DS that ran the show. The USP [more…]

America

The Biggest Little City in the World

11th August 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

More than a century and a half ago, westbound gold rush settlers had to cross the Truckee River, a few miles to the east of the California / Nevada state line. Ahead of them lay [more…]

Arts

The Conques Tympanum Decoded

10th August 2020 Tom Pudding 0

Introduction Back in the 1990s while returning from a jaunt into Cathar Country in our VW camper, quite by chance we made an overnight stop in the ancient village of Conques in the Aveyron region [more…]

Jonathon Davies, Going Postal
Health

The Cancer Time Bomb

10th August 2020 Jonathon Davies 0

A rather grim topic, but one which is very relevant and that I feel needs highlighting. As some of you know my dad passed away at the end of last year from cancer. Much has [more…]

Blown Periphery, Going Postal
Fiction

War Crimes Chapter 20 – The Loadmaster’s Story

9th August 2020 Blown Periphery 0

Chapter 20 – The Loadmaster’s Story Gilmore woke up around 12:00 because he was too hot and the continual aircraft movements made sleep impossible. He went to the ablutions corimec and pampered himself with an [more…]

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