Arts
Zatoichi (2003)
Hands up who wants to watch a tap dancing, comedy, Samurai flick? No? Well, you should do. Zatoichi is such a breath of fresh air in the action genre that I came away with a [more…]
Articles by Going Postal
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Twelve
Monday Good Monday morning to you all and I am happy to at last be able to report that it’s dry and sunny this morning. It is not terribly warm but there was no frost [more…]
Biography
Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Eleven
Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. Part One is here Part Two is here Part Three is here Part Four is here Part Five is here Part Six is here Part [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: George Michael
Greetings pop pickers and welcome to another edition of Fabulously Flamboyant Friday, our occasional probe into the Campari and soda drenched, rainbow and glitter world of artistes who are quite simply fabulous darling. This week [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 16th November 2023 The Panel: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative) Bridget Phillipson (Labour) Paul Johnson (Institute of Fiscal Studies) Juliet Samuel (The Times) Danny Sriskandarajah (Oxfam) Venue: Bridgwater Sir Jacob William Rees-Mogg is the Conservative [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Six
Brian and Belinda arrived the Continental restaurant promptly at 9:30 and found David Braithwaite and the maître d’ waiting for them in reception. Braithwaite invited them all to his office for coffee and biscuits before [more…]
Hobbies
The Tale of my Old Dumper, Part One
The beginning This story starts roughly six years ago when we moved to Cumbria having purchased a small farm cottage with adjoining derelict barn which we planned to convert to domestic accommodation. Firstly a warning, [more…]
20th Century
The Muslim Brotherhood, Part Four
The Brotherhood boots were arriving in the UK long before Risky Niknak Channel Uber got involved. Enter the Scribbler Abu Musab “the Syrian”, who was a liaison officer with OBL and the Groupe Islamic Armé [more…]
20th Century
Whitby – Fishing – Part One of what was
Whitby situated on the East Coast of Yorkshire is known throughout the world, the natural harbour has always been a port of refuge during bad weather. Fishing was the original mainstay with boats known as [more…]