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Month: September 2024

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Basilica Santuario Santo Stefano – The Seven Churches of Bologna

30th September 2024 Going Postal 0

It is a short walk from the twin towers, past the oldest house in Bologna, to Via Santo Stefano. For the most part the journey is under a colonnade of stone, cast in cool shadow [more…]

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Rats in a Sack, Part One

30th September 2024 well_chuffed 0

As I started this article more and more leaks were appearing so it began to get more and more jumbled. To save even more embarrassment it is going to be divided into two parts. The [more…]

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An Old Man’s Musings Part Three

29th September 2024 Going Postal 0

I was studying the election results and looking particularly at the proportion of votes attained by each party. I note that UKIP is holed below the waterline and that despite Reform gaining more votes than [more…]

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

29th September 2024 Going Postal 0

Monday Hello merry readers, and welcome to another working week and the weather forecast down here in London for the week is pretty good. In fact, the first day there is rain in the forecast [more…]

19th Century

Postcard from Birmingham, Part Six

28th September 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

In recent weeks we have allowed ourselves to be distracted by summer riots, 1980s football matches and pop concerts, the Falkland Islands and even the delivery of mail to the South Pole at Christmas. Puffins [more…]

Fiction

Those Who Play With Fire, Chapter Eleven

28th September 2024 Going Postal 0

The pressure was mounting, he had his introduction to finish plus the report he would present to the meeting on Wednesday. Dave decided to begin with the report, using the one from the last meeting [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1964

27th September 2024 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94J1-XdJS1A Featured song: Roy Orbison – It’s Over  This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

27th September 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 26th September 2024 The Panel: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) Carla Denya (Green) Zia Yusuf (Reform UK) Venue: Milton Keynes Recent events in law have allowed the discerning reviewer to peer into [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story Book Seven, Chapter Fourteen

26th September 2024 Going Postal 0

Jinnie left SuperBurgers HQ confident she had put a cat among the SuperBurger pigeons. Since inheriting her shareholding in the group, she had been in several of their branches and was certain the reason for [more…]

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