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Month: October 2024

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

27th October 2024 Going Postal 2604 Comments

Monday Good morning from a wet and cold Downing Street where it’s a really horrible Monday morning and the window cleaner is busy washing the windows! An opinion poll out this morning shows that if [more…]

Christianity

A Natural End to The Human Experience?

26th October 2024 Always Worth Saying 2249 Comments

On the other week’s BBC Question Time from Rotherham, when the subject turned to ‘assisted dying’, a gentleman in the audience commented politics and religion do not mix and religion should be kept out of [more…]

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Those Who Play With Fire, Chapter Fifteen

26th October 2024 Going Postal 1922 Comments

The afternoon was spent wandering round Oxford Street. Sally was in and out of the shops, she hadn’t bought anything until they arrived in Selfridges. “Find something you like and I’ll treat you.” She spent [more…]

Arts

Male Singers

25th October 2024 Going Postal 2397 Comments

My tastes in Music are pretty catholic but I cannot stand garage, punk, rap and the like. Born in 1940 my introduction to serious music was our Sunday afternoon treat, courtesy of the foster parents, [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

25th October 2024 Always Worth Saying 2934 Comments

Question Time 24th October 2024 The Panel: Steve Reed (Labour) Nigel Huddleston (Conservative) Danny Sriskandarajah (CEO NEF) Emily Sheffield (Columnist and Broadcaster) Venue: Plymouth Danny Sriskandarajah (not his real name, Dhananjayan Sivaguru Sriskandarajah) is the [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story – Book Seven, Chapter Eighteen

24th October 2024 Going Postal 1903 Comments

After their second late night running the twins were slow getting ready for Sunday morning breakfast, despite Izzy chivvying them on. Izzy was quite aware the twins were tired, but knew if they missed breakfast, [more…]

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The permacrisis strategy: the mortal dangers of our “new normal”

24th October 2024 Going Postal 2376 Comments

“Conflict is not unavoidable. However, it is nonsensical to consider the institution of a state as a solution to the problem of possible conflict, because it is precisely the institution of a state which first [more…]

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Stalin won the war, Part One

23rd October 2024 well_chuffed 1987 Comments

Instead of diving further into the UK’s entanglement with the commies in the thirties, it’s time to take a look at what was going on over the pond. Much of the thirties antics over here [more…]

21st Century

Kenya’s Climate Agenda

23rd October 2024 Going Postal 2282 Comments

While international collaboration and aid have offered crucial assistance, they have also prompted concerns regarding national sovereignty. 07 October, 2024 A little over a month after Kenya adopted the amended Climate Act, the government evicted [more…]

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