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Month: April 2026

Arts

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

30th April 2026 Going Postal 0

The children had gone to bed, Simone and Jan had retired to their suite, and most of the adult visitors had gone home. Only Jinnie, Paolo, Nigel, and Jinnie’s parents remained in the lounge, having [more…]

Conservatives

Labour’s bad boys – Part 12 Keith Vaz

30th April 2026 well_chuffed 0

This series of articles was supposed to be a lot of short scribblings. We now come to Keith Vaz who has so much previous that target has been swept aside. Keith looks to me like [more…]

Arts

The Geek’s guide to making perfect gin for £2.90 a litre bottle

29th April 2026 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

It’s been a while since I wrote my last article.  4 years ago, to be precise.  I have been reading all the comments for my sins and you guys have made me think and made [more…]

Capitalism

Farce and Tragedy

29th April 2026 Going Postal 0

Once again the music has stopped, and much like the Kenyan child of the ’80s and ’90s, today’s young are watching and listening as the adults reel under the weight of IMF-driven cuts to social [more…]

Diary

A View From (Just By) The Greenhouse; Diversity? It’s Our Strength…Innit?

28th April 2026 Colin Cross 0

I arrived at the greenhouse on Saturday to find that Burt had returned from his winter sojourn in a bit of a sorry state. He’d been visiting distant relatives somewhere in central Europe (either Albania, [more…]

20th Century

The War we think ended in 1945

28th April 2026 Going Postal 0

Most people believe World War II ended in 1945. In reality, its most important consequences were only beginning. The fighting stopped. The maps were redrawn. The narrative was presented as settled—and fixed in place. But [more…]

20th Century

Afghanistan as it was (1973)

27th April 2026 Going Postal 0

After several requests from fellow Puffins, I finally got off my arse to rummage around in the attic and miraculously unearthed a bunch of diaries from over fifty years ago, and most importantly the one [more…]

America

Causes of Uncontrollable US Public Spending and Debt

27th April 2026 Patrick Barron 0

Annual US public spending has been in deficit for decades. As a result total US debt continues to increase year after year with no end in sight. Well, the end may not be in sight [more…]

Holmes at work with Watson.
19th Century

The Scrapbook of Sherlock Holmes, 2/6: The Missing Archbishop. Part 2 of 2

26th April 2026 Tachybaptus 0

The Archbishop’s housekeeper, who had been watching us from the edge of the room as we made the horrid discovery, was trembling and trying to restrain her tears. ‘Mrs Armitage,’ said Holmes, ‘we are depending [more…]

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