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Month: November 2024

19th Century

Enemies Within, Part Four

30th November 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

In late February of 1894, a far-fetched tale appeared in the London penny dreadful newspapers. It concerned the untimely death of an anarchist, Martial Bourdin, blown up by his own bomb near the Royal Observatory [more…]

Fiction

Those Who Play With Fire, Chapter Twenty

30th November 2024 Going Postal 0

In the lobby of the hotel, Dave stopped at the Concierge’s desk. “Are there any good small restaurants round here?” He was asked what type of food he wanted to eat. Sally said an Indian [more…]

Arts

Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – Who? What? Meh… Needs More Cowbell – Part 5

29th November 2024 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday proudly presents yet another march of the muscle Marys up the salubrious passage of contemporary culture. Please be welcome to part [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

29th November 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 28th November 2024 The Panel: Lisa Nandy (Labour) Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative) Mariella Frostrup (Broadcaster) Rory Stewart (Podcaster) Anand Menon (UK in a Changing Europe) Venue: London Jacob Rees-Mogg spent his childhood in Somerset [more…]

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Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Seven, Chapter Twenty-Three

28th November 2024 Going Postal 0

The day after talking to Alan there was a SuperBurger board meeting. Jinnie set off very early for Crawley, she wanted to spend some time in the DKL office before the noon SuperBurger board meeting [more…]

Business

Just think, we voted for this lot

28th November 2024 Emile Woolf 0

Each of the sections in this essay warrants a whole chapter, but this abbreviated format should capture the essential features that prevail throughout the West today. The immigration question 1 – One of the key [more…]

20th Century

Desert Mystery: “Letters from Afrika”, Part Two

27th November 2024 Going Postal 0

In Part 1, I recounted what the Afrika Korps Gefreiter, Hans Walden, had written to Fraü H. Bronnold in his letter of the 2nd of May 1942. His next letter of the 31st of May [more…]

Authoritarianism

Public Perception of Kenya’s Judicial Independence

27th November 2024 Going Postal 0

In recent years, the Kenyan judiciary has faced intensified scrutiny and criticism from political figures, reflecting a broader public distrust of the judiciary. As a political scientist examining the evolving dynamics between Kenya’s judiciary and [more…]

Cooking

A View From (Quite Close To) The Greenhouse; It’s All A Conspiracy…..Innit?

26th November 2024 Colin Cross 0

Winter arrives in the Northern backwaters, with a short lived but fierce reminder that the weather, when it chooses, can be the boss of us all. Cue, then, the assorted fanatics, grifters, bought and paid [more…]

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