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Month: July 2021

Arts

The Swaling, Part Sixty Six

31st July 2021 Always Worth Saying 3249 Comments

“Mesdames et Messieurs, welcome to Le Salon Privé of the Lucky Saddle Craft Company, Geylang Road, Singapore. Are you ready to rumble? I said, are you ready to rumble?” Mr Tan was enjoying himself. A [more…]

America

Europeans obviously value freedom more than us!

31st July 2021 Fred Brownbill 2081 Comments

‘There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.’ ~ Leo Tolstoy ~ Once again Europeans in many major cities came out in the tens of thousands this past weekend, as also [more…]

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Crossword No. 181

31st July 2021 Going Postal 2008 Comments

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a choice of GP authored book. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 180 and a GP [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Three – The Everly Brothers

30th July 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3594 Comments

If I get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands.  I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Episode Six

30th July 2021 Going Postal 2348 Comments

On Thursday the weather was still excellent, if anything it was a little warmer than the day before and once again Jinnie woke up just in time for the seven o’clock news. The media was [more…]

Arts

GB News Review

30th July 2021 Always Worth Saying 1963 Comments

GB News 29th July 2021 Present: Catherine (Travel expert) Laurence Fox (Political activist) Angela Levin (Royal watcher) Dave Rogers (Olympic correspondent) Venue: Brazier & Muroki We join the programme with regular presenter Mercy Muroki and [more…]

Collecting

Camping, Backcountry Knife choice

29th July 2021 Going Postal 2812 Comments

I recently reread two of Bertram Gilfoyles articles – the first teaching us about Japanese knives and the second helping us understand how to keep them sharp. His knowledge is far deeper than mine especially [more…]

20th Century

Behind the Bamboo Curtain, Part Four

29th July 2021 Going Postal 2597 Comments

My uncle was a staff reporter for the Manchester Evening News from the late 1940s until his death in 1973. The following is from a series of articles in which he describes his extensive visit [more…]

History

Who Was Puss In Boots?

29th July 2021 bobo 2197 Comments

“To Southwark Fair, very dirty, and there saw the puppet show of Whittington, which was pretty to see” – Samuel Pepys In the fourteenth century the toll required of a prostitute who wished to cross [more…]

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