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Month: April 2024

Arts

Bonnie Prince Billy – Keeping Secrets will Destroy You (2023)

12th April 2024 Going Postal 0

A friend and I, in an effort to broaden our musical appreciation, agreed to listen to and review albums we would never normally listen to. Due to the effort this involved, the scope broadened after [more…]

America

Always Worth Saying’s Film Review

12th April 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

No review of Scoop, now available on Netflix, is likely to spoil the plot. The world and his country cousin can recall the 2019 Orphans’ Away Day trainwreck when BBC Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis scooped an [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story- Book Six, Chapter Twenty-Five

11th April 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Jinnie and the twins climbed into the back of Nigel’s Bentley which had been fitted with child seats for the occasion. Nigel was in the front and Freddie was driving. It was only a short [more…]

Economics

Is gold too expensive to buy right now?

11th April 2024 Going Postal 0

This question has been at the center of a great many conversations I’ve been recently having with clients and friends. The way I like to answer it is with another question: Expensive compared to what? [more…]

20th Century

The Death Railway, Part Two

10th April 2024 Going Postal 0

The preparatory work was completed by early September 1942 and construction began both in Burma and Thailand on the 16th of that month. Many of the Japanese engineers had attended British universities before heading back [more…]

America

Did The US First Catch Wind Of The Crocus Terrorist Attack By Spying On Kiev?

10th April 2024 Going Postal 0

March 29, 2024 This accounts for why the US only passed along vague information to Russia since it assumed that the GUR wouldn’t go through with the Crocus plot after ordering them to call it [more…]

Arts

My Elderly Parents

9th April 2024 Alexsandr too 0

This is the tale about looking after my parents in their final years. I hope this helps those facing this difficult time. This is stuff that worked for me. It may not work for you [more…]

20th Century

In The Steps of The First Army, Part Two

9th April 2024 Going Postal 0

“In the second of his articles from North Africa, where he is re-covering the ground of the war in Tunisia, John Alldridge revives memories of the 600-mile railway journey between Algiers and Tunis. The railway [more…]

Philosophy

I am not my brother’s keeper

8th April 2024 Jwp 0

I have been reading several of Enoch’s religious books and I am indebted to Mr Powell for the idea that I am not my brother’s keeper. Citing the biblical story of Cain and Abel, Powell [more…]

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