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Month: April 2026

Holmes and Watson interrogate the night watchman.
19th Century

The Scrapbook of Sherlock Holmes, 1/6: The Six Puffins. Part 2 of 2

12th April 2026 Tachybaptus 0

We all looked into the vault, lit by the thin winter daylight seeping through the window behind us. Indeed there was no trace of anything but the pallet lying forlornly in the middle of the [more…]

Animals

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

12th April 2026 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, my friends. It was sunny and a little warmer when I went out this morning. Yesterday, I popped into the office to see if the Sunday crew were slacking with no Legohead [more…]

Travel

Off We Go Again (Fingers Crossed)

11th April 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

Devastation struck Puffindom earlier in the year when readers heard of Mrs AWS’s Christmas present falling flat. Her once-in-a-lifetime diverted train trip from Carlisle to Preston via the scenic Settle-Carlisle railway suffered a last second [more…]

Fiction

On Dangerous Ground, Chapter Fourteen

11th April 2026 Going Postal 0

Week Five It was back to work after breakfast, Dave read the report as far as she had typed up. He called Yuri, “sorry to ring on a Sunday, I need something else,” Sally stopped [more…]

20th Century

The History of Pop Music – 1999

10th April 2026 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song:   Robbie Williams – She’s The One This is the last of a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 [more…]

History

Israel and Iran, an Eternal War?

10th April 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

The history of relations between Jews (and later Israel) and Persians (later Iran) stretches back over two and a half millennia and is more than a simple narrative of continuous hostility. For much of that [more…]

Arts

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

9th April 2026 Going Postal 0

Jinnie spent the next two days with Rick and Charles, staying at the Ennios Anaheim and visiting the Ennios Malibu and the Ennios Laguna Beach. All three hotels were busy, but the Anaheim had rather [more…]

America

The Iran War reveals who lives in a fantasy world

9th April 2026 Going Postal 0

Whether you like it or hate it, the war in Iran has definitely had the effect of exposing some of the ridiculous fantasies in the world to a serious dose of reality. Consider the UK. [more…]

Arts

Reading – A Love Story: The Staff 1977-1982

8th April 2026 Going Postal 0

In my last piece I realised there was so much material about my high school days that it couldn’t possibly fit into one article. This is not about reading but the staff at my high [more…]

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