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Month: February 2024

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Seventeen

15th February 2024 Going Postal 0

Jinnie stood in front of the suite’s full-length mirror and inspected herself. Her summer dress looked good, and her makeup was immaculate, those lessons from Melissa were paying off. Paolo was sitting in an armchair [more…]

Medicine

Help Prevent the Occurrence of Cancer

15th February 2024 Going Postal 0

This article was prompted by my friend a Frenchman who was diagnosed several months ago with a very rare growth on a lung. So rare indeed that not a lot is known about this particular [more…]

Engineering

The Great British Sports Car 1945 – 1985

14th February 2024 Grimy Miner 0

So, before we get to the “meat and potatoes” of this article let us set a few ground rules. What IS a sports car? – In my opinion a sports car should be low slung, [more…]

Business

Tax Justice: Because the World Is Round

14th February 2024 Going Postal 0

While Ruto’s calls for a just financial system were praised in the European Parliament, most Western states opposed the vote towards a fairer international tax system. The global south, however, succeeded in beginning the transfer [more…]

History

Friday the 13th (Friggatriskaidephobia)

13th February 2024 Going Postal 0

The first references to 13 being an unlucky number come from Norse Mythology when 12 gods held a dinner in Valhalla, Loki, the god of mischief, who was not invited, appeared and persuaded the god [more…]

20th Century

Desert Journey, Part Two

13th 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 Jebel Tubeiq, in the desert I’ve done some [more…]

Book Review

Book Review: The Last Dance by Mark Billingham

12th February 2024 Going Postal 0

Mark Billingham will be familiar to many Puffins as the author and creator of the DI Thorne series of novels (which Sky One based their “Thorne” series on). As a keen reader of crime fiction [more…]

Elections

Polling predictions

12th February 2024 well_chuffed 0

I noticed a twitter user called UK Polling Report and saw that it has predictions for many constituencies so having taken a look it only remained to document their predictions. I haven’t checked out how [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Twenty-One

11th February 2024 Going Postal 0

Monday Hi folks, it’s another week and I am back at work after a pleasant weekend. I understand the Rich Boy has decided to introduce more legislation to try to stop children vaping. He says [more…]

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