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Month: February 2024

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Nineteen

29th February 2024 Going Postal 0

Over a Sunday lunch of Mrs Walsh’s delicious roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, Jinnie and Penny told their parents of their Christmas and New Year cruise plan. Penny said they were only telling them now [more…]

America

A perfect storm in the making

29th February 2024 Going Postal 0

The New Year is usually associated with a new beginning, a fresh start, or a “clean slate”. Unfortunately, for millions of Americans, these are wishes that are bound to remain unfulfilled – for them, the [more…]

Computing

Apps For Life

28th February 2024 Going Postal 0

How to be left behind by absolutely everything This is a short article about something I’ve only just encountered and become alarmed and a tad frustrated about. After the interweb was invented the way things [more…]

Business

In the Chaos of Crisis

28th February 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Kenya faces predicted economic challenges due to high debt. The IMF proposed fiscal consolidation which includes increased taxes and privatization has been criticised for causing job losses and exacerbating corruption. January 31, 2024 I worked [more…]

Politics

Calling home from the front

27th February 2024 Going Postal 0

Recently I have been listening to some Russian songs from the Afghanistan war and because I copy/paste some Russian erms to search further now youtube seems confused about my nationality and sometimes offers me Russian [more…]

20th Century

Desert Journey, Part Four

27th February 2024 Going Postal 0

In 1961 my uncle, John Alldridge spent some time on the set of Lawrence of Arabia and reported his experiences for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F The best paid maniacs in the world The [more…]

16th Century

Henry VIII’s Six Marriages

26th February 2024 Going Postal 0

Like them or loathe them, royals seem to occupy a perennially-popular position in our national consciousness, and royal gossip even more so. We also seem fascinated as a country by our history, and by how [more…]

Communism

Why dramatic change is overdue

26th February 2024 Emile Woolf 0

In a totalitarian regime with a single ruling party, people know that all the churned-out propaganda is a pack of manufactured lies – and, what’s more, the leaders know that the people know! Everyone knows [more…]

Elections

Polling Predictions #2

25th February 2024 well_chuffed 0

This a quick look at the predictions UK Polling Report has been giving us this week. I hope there are crumbs of comfort for everyone in this data, well the hindu dwart and his buddies [more…]

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