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Month: July 2023

Biography

Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Two

22nd July 2023 Going Postal 2827 Comments

Part one is here This time: My first day The next morning, I was up at 08.00 had a bath and breakfast. By 09.30 I was ready to go. All attempts to persuade Graham or [more…]

20th Century

G5E3 – Origins of Rock ‘n’ Roll – Early Days Middle Era

21st July 2023 Phil the Ex Test Manager 1814 Comments

Welcome pop pickers.  Back to Rock ‘n’ Roll, the early days. This is the sort of music that makes you want to tap your feet, dance, and singalong. Thank you to Wiki, Britannica, and Top [more…]

Literature

The Non-appearance of Question Time Review: An Explanation

21st July 2023 Always Worth Saying 2685 Comments

Are you all OK? I hope so. No doubt Puffins are distraught to read this week’s Question Time Review will not appear and that this circumstance is likely to continue until the autumn. Given the [more…]

Arts

Jinnie’s Story, Book Five – Chapter Twenty-One

20th July 2023 Going Postal 2513 Comments

Jinnie was meeting Miranda in the Costa Coffee at Vauxhall station, 45 minutes before their meeting with Emma. The plan was to discuss ideas for the SIS Christmas parties and coordinate their presentation. Jinnie had [more…]

Authoritarianism

OTF: Good Enough For Their Constituents …

20th July 2023 Going Postal 2513 Comments

Intro I started thinking about this when it was announced Colin Pitchfork was going to be released again. He murdered two teenage girls and raped others. I’m sick of politicians being seen to do the [more…]

Biography

Deborah, Part IV

19th July 2023 William 2332 Comments

“Gavin, nice to meet you,” said Oliver, extending his hand. “You too, Oliver isn’t it?” “It is but everybody calls me Olly, except my wife, but then she is Welsh.” “OK, Olly it is then,” [more…]

Arts

Scanning Historic Documents

19th July 2023 Alexsandr too 2419 Comments

There is tons of paper based ephemera left behind from recent times.  Most of it is of interest to someone, and much of it describes life in the UK and abroad from the 1830’s Stuff [more…]

Authoritarianism

A View From The Greenhouse; A War To End All Wars?

18th July 2023 Colin Cross 2087 Comments

The summer, what little we’ve seen of it since the heady days of the June “heatwave”, moves along bringing with it dire warnings of the upcoming conflagration about to be unleashed on us all, not [more…]

America

The demise of the dollar: What comes after that?

18th July 2023 Going Postal 2558 Comments

A good start Whatever one might think about which currency is better suited to be used in trade or as a benchmark or as a central bank reserve, the fact remains that the USD’s days [more…]

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