Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Ninety Two
Monday Morning everyone, another nice sunny morning, but a bit windy. It ruffled my fur when I went out before my Felix. I forgot to mention that one day last week something went wrong with [more…]
Month: May 2021
20th Century
Book Review: Patrick Leigh-Fermor’s A Time of Gifts Trilogy
Frequenters of Going Postal, being a generally knowledgeable lot, may well have heard of Patrick Leigh Fermor and, if not, will probably be familiar with the war film ‘Ill Met by Moonlight’ (starring Dirk Bogarde) [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Fifty Four
Myself and my colleague Captain Davis are in the constituency office of Sleescale MP, Major Sir Fergus McDee MC. He is standing at the window facing into the room, eying us up. His secretary, Miss [more…]
America
Simply Put, BLM doesn’t care about Black Lives
The truth will set you free but first it will piss you off!! If we cannot be honest, then how will we ever fix what ails us? It is much better to hurt people with [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 169
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 Winner of Crossword 168 and a GP mug Audrey’s Daughter [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1990
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1990 Featured Album: The Very Best of Elton John This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Sixteen
Jinnie was still looking out of the window when she sensed a movement at her side. Her dad had silently joined her and was also looking out at the valley. Suddenly another pair of fast [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 6th May 2021 Panel: Robert Jenrick (Conservative) Thangham Debbonaire (Labour) Hugh Osmond (Businessman) Deborah Frances-White (Media professional) John Bercow (Former Commons Speaker) Venue: London Dominic Lawson, Wilfred Emmanuel Jones’ agent, Gal Dem (the [more…]
20th Century
The Bomber Command and USAAF Bombing of Dresden, 13-15th February 1945
Pre-Op Test Flights and Briefings On the morning of 13th February it was cold with rain in the Lincolnshire Wolds, after an extremely cold January with a mean temperature of -2 degrees Celsius. By the [more…]