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Month: April 2026

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Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Twenty-Four

26th April 2026 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, my friends. It was lovely and sunny this morning when I woke up, not too cold when I popped out, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to rain. But the forecast [more…]

Engineering

So I Bought a Milk Float

25th April 2026 Going Postal 0

Now I’m no greenie, no time for all that net-zero nonsense and Mad Ed’s delusions, but I do have green tech, because it suits me and my particular circumstances. I have solar panels and 16kwh [more…]

Fiction

On Dangerous Ground, Chapter Sixteen

25th April 2026 Going Postal 0

Week Six. There was a crowd in the range, the competition, which happened every Sunday was in three parts, inside with a Glock, outside using an SA80, the final part was back inside with a [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – Albums 1960

24th April 2026 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured Album: Elvis is Back This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year and the link [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

24th April 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 23rd April 2026 The Panel: Anas Sarwar (Labour) Russell Findlay (Conservative) Malcolm Offord (Reform UK) Mairi McAllan (SNP) Gillian MacKay (Greens) Alex Cole-Hamilton (Lib Dem) Venue: Aberdeen In the run-up to the pivotal [more…]

Arts

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

23rd April 2026 Going Postal 0

Jinnie said, “I’m sorry, Dawn, did you say my new Spanish teacher was in Reception?” “That’s right, Dame Jinnie, Professor Carlos Sanchez from Cambridge University.” “Please give him a visitor pass and ask him to [more…]

Conservatives

Labour’s bad boys – Part 11 Claudia Webbe

23rd April 2026 well_chuffed 0

Well she is obviously not a boy though Spanner would be hard pressed to make a decision but let us use “boys” generically. Claudia, a professional race baiter of whom there are many in politics, [more…]

Arts

When We Was Fab – Cars – Speeding

22nd April 2026 Going Postal 0

My lot on here seems to be nostalgically picking over the debris of my younger days for the entertainment of the drooling perverts who make up the vast majority of the readership. I’ve got the [more…]

20th Century

Kenya’s Austerity Loop

22nd April 2026 Going Postal 0

For the second time, Kenya has pressed its palms against the cold marble of the IMF and the World Bank, asking the same architects of global austerity to diagnose wounds we have spent time inflicting [more…]

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