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Month: May 2024

17th Century

The good ship Fredericus Quartus, Part Two

4th May 2024 Joe Slater 2362 Comments

The good ship “Fru Alida” Even less well known than Denmark’s triangular trade is the history of Danes and Norwegians as victims of slavery. North African pirate raids were a problem that affected coastal communities [more…]

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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – Ladies’ Night

3rd May 2024 Going Postal 2276 Comments

Greetings pop pickers! Welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday and another of our fortnightly frolics in the fragrantly floral front gardens of musical magnificence. This week, as we mark International Lesbian Visibility Week, we shall [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

3rd May 2024 Always Worth Saying 2556 Comments

Question Time 2nd May 2024 The Panel: Bim Afolami (Conservative) Peter Kyle (Labour) Kirsty Blackman (SNP) Joseph Stiglitz (Nobel Prize-winning Economist) Anita Boateng (Former Conservative advisor) Venue: Cambridge The great thing about having your own [more…]

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

2nd May 2024 Going Postal 2314 Comments

On Wednesday Jinnie dropped the twins at school before heading to Potters Bar station to pick up the train to Finsbury Park and then the Tube to Brixton. There was an icy drizzle in the [more…]

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Poland’s Dual Military Purpose Infrasturcture Project

2nd May 2024 Going Postal 2666 Comments

Andrzej Duda inadvertently vindicated those Russian observers who long suspected that this transport megaproject right outside of Warsaw had dual military purposes, thus proving that they were right about Poland’s real plans all along. Polish [more…]

20th Century

The Death Railway, Part Five

1st May 2024 Going Postal 1983 Comments

David Lean’s 1957 film depicted the bridge as a significant timber structure located in the deep jungle, spanning a narrow river featuring rocks and rapids. This is of course a work of fiction and was [more…]

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Europe willing to pursue proxy war against Iran through Israel

1st May 2024 Going Postal 2163 Comments

After Iran’s Saturday strike against Israel, the European Union (EU) will “start the necessary work” to target the Islamic Republic with heavier sanctions, with a focus on the country’s drone technology, according to Josep Borrell, [more…]

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