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Month: December 2023

Arts

Crom’s Fav Albums of 2023

31st December 2023 Going Postal 4600 Comments

Below I present my five favourite albums of this year. They aren’t necessarily ‘the best’, (whatever that even means), just the ones that I am most likely to revisit over the ensuing years. Of the [more…]

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The 12 wines of Christmas

31st December 2023 Going Postal 2637 Comments

In no particular order are here my 12 wines of Christmas with the descriptions as found online From left to right Mersault J.M. Boillot 2019Beautifully crisp and textural Meursault with fresh white fruit and striking [more…]

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Going Postal’s Monster Christmas Quiz

30th December 2023 NeverUpToTheJob 2024 Comments

What do you or your family know about Christmas, and how it’s been celebrated and portrayed over the years? 120 Christmas questions! Doing the whole quiz in one go might be a bit much for [more…]

Biography

Tales From The Alarm Industry Hong Kong Special

30th December 2023 Going Postal 2313 Comments

I hadn’t intended to write about my trip to Hong Kong and subsequent work but here it is. I hope you find it interesting. Having finished with the alarm company on Friday, I was due [more…]

Arts

Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Synth-Pop – Part 2

29th December 2023 Going Postal 2047 Comments

Greetings pop pickers and welcome to another edition of Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – our occasional Campari and soda drenched probe into the rainbow and glitter world of artistes who are quite simply fabulous, darling. This [more…]

20th Century

Postcard From Kiruna

29th December 2023 Always Worth Saying 2197 Comments

Having been presented with the key to the door, my wilful 21-year-old self used the opportunity to close the lock tightly behind him and allow the trade winds to billow his sails north, all the [more…]

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The Staffordshire Oatcake: a regional delicacy

28th December 2023 SharpieType301 2006 Comments

When someone mentions the word ‘oatcake’, what is it that you first think of? I’d be rather surprised if many of you will not, like I used to do, immediately think of the commercially produced [more…]

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P’tang yang Kipperbang

28th December 2023 rattuscatchus 2406 Comments

This was one of the earliest films shown on Channel 4. It was broadcast on the channel’s 2nd evening on 3rd November 1982 as part of the “First Love” series – please bear with me! [more…]

Fiction

Christmas With Admiral Peabody

27th December 2023 Doc Mike Finnley 1973 Comments

Introduction Well everyone, we’re rapidly approaching a new year as the winter months close in. I hope your 2023 has been better than mine. Let’s lighten the mood at least a little. I thought I’d [more…]

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