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Month: July 2025

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Nine

27th July 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning all my lovely readers, there’s a bit of a change in weather this morning here in London. It is not so hot, although pleasantly warm, and there is more cloud around. I [more…]

20th Century

Troublesome Afghanistan – 1895 to the Third Afghan War

26th July 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Drawing the line From 1895 until the Third Afghan War of 1919, Afghanistan experienced a period of relative political stability marked by attempts to consolidate internal control, manage external pressures, and maintain independence amid the [more…]

Fiction

The Past is Present, Chapter Sixteen

26th July 2025 Going Postal 0

Out of the Home Office, they stood on the pavement. “Dave, they want you, what are you going to do?” “I will help them all I can, our home is in Loughborough, I’m not moving, [more…]

Arts

Fabulously Flamboyant Friday – Chastity Bumgardener’s Dub Reggae Corner

25th July 2025 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends. This week we shall metaphorically whip out our king size Rizlas, skin up (on a suitable album cover, of course), inhale deeply and take a [more…]

Internet

You Mean, The Government Uses Actors?

25th July 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

So, the government uses actors. Why not? Dave Prowse, most famous for playing Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, dressed up as Green Cross Code Man in an information film and encouraged youngsters [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Twenty-One

24th July 2025 Going Postal 0

Over the next few days, loan staff started to arrive in Tampa as they got their visa applications approved. Jed and Ro arrived two days after Monica had collected her Range Rover and got the [more…]

Elections

Reform’s new clothes

24th July 2025 well_chuffed 0

Ever since that rogue Bill Clinton came up with his triangulation thing there has been a consensus in British politics that you have to occupy the centre ground to have any chance of winning an [more…]

Literature

Postcard from Thailand Part II

23rd July 2025 Going Postal 0

04-05 January We had left Heathrow on 2nd January, arriving in Bangkok in the afternoon of the 3rd – our first full day in Thailand would therefore be the 4th which just so happened to [more…]

Human Interest

The Italian Job, Part 1

23rd July 2025 Going Postal 0

The story of a Road Trip to give the late Mrs F a perfect send off after her unexpected departure from this world and what I wanted to do to give her the perfect send [more…]

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