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Month: November 2025

History

Postcard From Northumbria, Part Two

26th November 2025 Going Postal 0

The second half of our trip into Northumberland started with a drive into the countryside to the village of Heatherslaw which is the home of the furthest north narrow-gauge steam railway in England. The Heatherslaw [more…]

Authoritarianism

Why Courage — Not Convenience — Is the Foundation of Free Speech

26th November 2025 Going Postal 0

In an age obsessed with stability, optimisation, and institutional authority, we are losing sight of the simplest truth: freedom of speech is the core condition for national and international security. Not because speech itself is [more…]

Culture

A View From The Sofa; Ennui And Pain

25th November 2025 Colin Cross 0

I’ve hardly been out of the house since I got out of hospital. I’m sure some of you will know what it’s like, believing you’re fifty four when you’re actually twenty years older than that [more…]

Economics

“Sometimes, the only winning move is not to play”

25th November 2025 Going Postal 0

This was the conclusion of the assessment of legendary investor Michael Burry regarding the current market conditions. To be precise, his take as recently posted on X, in full, was “Sometimes, we see bubbles. Sometimes, there [more…]

Labour

Safe Routes

24th November 2025 well_chuffed 0

We never stop hearing about safe routes for migrants as opposed to paying some dodgy Albanian or Afghan, jumping in a dinghy and braving the waves for a few hundred metres to a waiting taxi [more…]

Literature

Words, Part Five

23rd November 2025 Going Postal 0

Above the portico a flag-staff, bearing the Union Jack, remained fluttering in the flames for some time, but ultimately when it fell the crowds rent the air with shouts, and seemed to see significance in [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Six

23rd November 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning my friends, a horrible grey and wet morning today. It makes a change not to be reporting Legohead’s problems this morning but instead taking about the BBC. It is rudderless this morning, [more…]

Biography

Shabana Mahmood. Avoid.

22nd November 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

As only the third female Lord Chancellor since Eleanor of Provence in 1253, upon being elevated to the role 771 years later present Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, eulogised during her acceptance speech. “I must say [more…]

Fiction

Downfall, Chapter Sixteen

22nd November 2025 Going Postal 0

Sally moved the boat out into the river slowly, “no speed yet, I want to see the handover first.” They were around a mile from the yacht. Dave was standing, his feet were wedged under [more…]

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