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Month: September 2020

Arts

Art in the Cocklecroft Towers, Part Three

30th September 2020 Going Postal 3318 Comments

“Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.” William Hazlitt I hope [more…]

Authoritarianism

Dystopia, Dystopia, wherefore art thou Dystopia?

30th September 2020 Going Postal 4212 Comments

Imagine…if you will… a world where the swivelled-eyed views of David Icke & Peter Hitchins, BaPH, & even Q Anon (FFS) are all moving towards the realms of what a growing number of people are [more…]

20th Century

The Bomber Command and USAAF Bombing of Dresden, 13-15th February 1945, Part One

29th September 2020 Blown Periphery 4544 Comments

When he became Air Officer Commanding (AOC) of Bomber Command and at the start of the bombing campaign, Harris said, quoting the Old Testament: The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that [more…]

20th Century

The Bland Generation?

29th September 2020 Going Postal 4005 Comments

I visited the Titanic museum in Belfast today. On the way I passed a young lad of about 15 years of age dressed as a skinhead. He looked the part. Ox blood 18 hole DMs, [more…]

Animals

Wildfowling: The magic of the foreshore

28th September 2020 Columba Palumbus 2921 Comments

Wildfowling is sometimes known as goose fever, for it is about the most addictive of the shooting sports. There is something primal about being out in the tidal marshes on a moonlit night, or a [more…]

America

“The U.S. economy felt like a balloon in search of a needle” – Part I

28th September 2020 Going Postal 2296 Comments

Interview with Robert Mark As we move deeper and deeper into this covid crisis, more and more people understand that there’s a lot more to fear besides the disease itself. As the economic impact and [more…]

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Sophie Germain Primes and Cunningham Chains

28th September 2020 OldTrout 2232 Comments

A Sophie Germain prime is a prime number such that is also a prime number. That is, ,  where and are both prime.  For example, . The sequence begins Sophie Germain () explored these primes [more…]

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War Crimes Part 27 – Death in the Algarve

27th September 2020 Blown Periphery 3561 Comments

The Transavia flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport, touched down at Lisbon thirty minutes behind schedule. The passenger who had been sitting in the starboard isle seat by the over wing exit, waited for the [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Sixty

27th September 2020 Going Postal 3895 Comments

Monday Morning all. A great weekend, I got some real roast chicken in my bowl and I got the mouse! Early Sunday morning I crept into the main office and there he was sitting in [more…]

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