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Month: November 2025

Book Review

Alanbrooke’s War Diaries edited by Arthur Bryant

12th November 2025 Going Postal 0

I never really had a deep interest in WWII, my knowledge was sketchy and based on WWII films.  Of course, I had imbibed that Hitler was the devil incarnate and Churchill was a national hero.  [more…]

Diary

A View From A Hospital Bed; Folk (Nowt So Queer As Edition)

11th November 2025 Colin Cross 0

It’s the waiting that gets to you. I’d arrived, as requested, at 7am and was escorted to a curtained cubicle. The people looking after me, although my needs were minimal at this time, were all [more…]

Politics

Peaked too early?

11th November 2025 Going Postal 0

Reform are at all times high with the latest polls predicting a huge majority and the Conservatives being reduced to just 7 MPs.  However, the next election could be some years away (at the time [more…]

Arts

Boudicca Rising and the Age of Artificial Imagination

10th November 2025 Going Postal 0

There’s much talk these days about Artificial Intelligence—our supposed saviour or eventual enslaver. Most of us now realise that much of what’s labelled “AI” is really shorthand for Large Language Models (LLMs): systems capable of [more…]

Economics

Which taxes will go up

10th November 2025 well_chuffed 0

The good news is that the brothers and sisters in Labour are going to mount an effort to dislodge Keith. The bad news is that it ain’t gonna work. At least it will give us [more…]

Literature

Words – the currency of life and love – Part Four

9th November 2025 Going Postal 0

Started thinking about Remembrance Sunday which is fast approaching; such a loss of life over the years, so many lives cut short and what have we truly learned? I have my own memories, particularly as [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Four

9th November 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, my friends. Lovely and sunny this morning but cold again. So, they have recaptured the escaped Epping sex criminal. I feel a little sorry for him as more of the story emerges. [more…]

Democracy

The Interesting And Disturbing Case of Nathan Gill

8th November 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Washington Dulles Our interesting and disturbing case begins in July 2021, when FBI agents stop a certain Mr Oleg Voloshyn at Washington Dulles Airport. The agents extract WhatsApp messages from Mr Voloshyn’s phone, which show [more…]

Fiction

Downfall, Chapter Fourteen

8th November 2025 Going Postal 0

Dave sat on an office chair, Sally was right, he was shattered. His eyes closed, he wasn’t sleeping, his mind was too active, he was planning the next move. When his phone rang, Sally answered [more…]

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