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Month: August 2026

Fiction

Postcard From Jerry, Part Two

15th August 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

Destination? Open ground halfway between the Oval and the Thames. Alert state? Heat wave – meteorological and political. The grass has given up pretending to be grass; dusty cardboard with the occasional flattened mat of [more…]

Fiction

Bombs and Betrayal, Chapter Thirteen

15th August 2026 Going Postal 0

Sally was waiting for him when he came in, he dropped the backpack and hugged her. He felt her crying, trying to pull away, she wouldn’t let him go. When she eventually let her grip [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – Albums 1968

14th August 2026 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured Album: Dianna Ross & The Supremes – Greatest Hits 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 [more…]

Fiction

The Not So Secret Life of Jason Arday

14th August 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

Crashing through the undergrowth, Tommy gun blazing, Jason Arday claimed yet another bar for his Victoria Cross as the enemy fell like leaves before him. Or rather he didn’t, as, unlike the ‘real’ Walter Mitty [more…]

Arts

Manouche – Part Two

13th August 2026 Going Postal 0

After leaving the Manouche, I stayed in London for about a year, putting some money together, and surprised myself by getting married to a Colombian lady. While in London, Beudjeu and I still wrote to [more…]

America

The Gall of the Preservationist Crowd Knows No (Visual) Limits

13th August 2026 Patrick Barron 0

My wife and I recently took a four day road trip to the Hudson, New York area to see some gardens and a couple preserved homes. We stayed the first night in quaint Hudson, NY, [more…]

20th Century

Walking in Memphis

12th August 2026 Going Postal 0

I guess you know this is a song. The Cher version is crap but Marc Cohn’s one in the early 90s was great Anyone who has heard of, let alone been, to Memphis will associate [more…]

Economics

Bonds and how they work

12th August 2026 Going Postal 0

This is likely to be very boring, but I’m going to try to explain how the bond market works and why so much attention is paid to the 10 year gilt level. Initial primer Bonds [more…]

21st Century

Postcard from Mumbai

11th August 2026 Going Postal 0

After a long, hot site visit in Panoli, a small industrial town in Gujarat, the traffic on the main Ahmedabad to Mumbai highway was even more hideous than usual.    It was the last day of [more…]

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