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Month: July 2022

Fiction

Samyaza Chapter 13, Camp Mitkan August 2006

10th July 2022 Blown Periphery 0

Afarin lay back on the bed, an emptiness in her stomach and her nerves taught with worry. This was the underconfident, querulous Afarin, a far cry from her operational, professional persona. He had been busy [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Twenty-Seven

10th July 2022 Going Postal 0

The spotter touched Jinnie on the shoulder to signal the 8 minutes were up. She squeezed the trigger and through the sight saw the gunner collapse forward. Swinging a fraction to the left the assistant [more…]

20th Century

Nostalgia Album, Seville

9th July 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Las Dos Infantas Elegantes Last time on Nostalia Album we left my father’s cousin, Anne, beaming on the quarry spoil of a Gibraltar beach. She was 15 and thriving in the crown colony, benefitting from [more…]

Hobbies

Crossword No. 226

9th July 2022 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 225 and a GP mug FJ (Contact [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Fifty – The Moody Blues

8th July 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

If 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 be [more…]

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21st Century

The Fall of Boris

8th July 2022 Tachybaptus 0

All his life Boris had his eyes On winning that most glorious prize, The golden key to Number Ten, The greatest goal of powerful men. A chubby lad at a posh school, His one ambition [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

8th July 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 7th July 2022 The Panel: Dehenna Davison (Conservative) Bridget Phillipson (Labour) Tim Stanley (Daily Telegraph) Winston Marshall (Musician) Alastair Campbell (Former No10 Press Secretary) Venue: Barnsley Happy memories of Barnsley. Seriously. There are [more…]

20th Century

The Wickedest Man in History

7th July 2022 Going Postal 0

This is my uncle John Alldridge’s article for the Manchester Evening News on the 10th anniversary of Hitler’s death on 30 April, 1945 – Jerry F By today it was clear the Reichswehr had had [more…]

Economics

Private property rights under siege – Part I

7th July 2022 Going Postal 0

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to argue that private property rights, as understood by classic liberal thinkers, by those who embrace Austrian economic theory and by all member of an enlightened society, are not only [more…]

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