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Report From Israel, 1957 – Part Five

23rd January 2024 Going Postal 0

In 1957 my uncle, John Alldridge visited Israel for the Birmingham Mail. This is the fifth of his reports. – Jerry F Eilat, Gulf of Akaba You can’t go home (they said) until you’ve bathed [more…]

Hobbies

A Postcard from Tewkesbury

22nd January 2024 Going Postal 0

Finding ourselves at a loose end a few weeks ago Mrs Reggie and I decided it was time for us to have a day trip to somewhere we haven’t been to previously.  Tewkesbury is less [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighteen

21st January 2024 Going Postal 0

Monday Hi folks, I’m back! Now my scribe has returned from his cruise it’s back to business for your favourite cat diarist. I have had a very pleasant Christmas and New Year break in a [more…]

Literature

Farmhouse cooking

20th January 2024 Going Postal 0

Gran toils on In the foreman’s house The old black range is always lit Her foreman husband, live in hands With horses plough and reap and sow. Flour comes in half stone sacks Making bread [more…]

Arts

Iggy Pop – The Idiot (1977)

19th January 2024 Going Postal 0

Listening for the first time to a bone fide legend of music comes with more than a small amount of trepidation and expectation. One expects to be immediately impressed, wowed, surprised and entertained; one expects [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Thirteen

18th January 2024 Going Postal 0

In the car park outside the KFC site, Freeholders Lawyers, Jinnie said, “I think that went well, let’s go and talk to the staff at KFC.” “Right oh,” said Brian, “While you drive, I want [more…]

Health

Total knee replacement

18th January 2024 Going Postal 0

The NHS will be playing no part whatsoever in this article Background or “Why should anyone care about your bloody knee?” A few weeks ago I asked the question on GP whether anyone had any [more…]

Eating

Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part One

17th January 2024 Going Postal 0

This year I’m only off for two weeks, but as I’m flying to pick up the ship in Barbados, so it is a full two weeks in the sun. As a single passenger I must [more…]

Authoritarianism

Kenya at Sixty: The Death of a Nation

17th January 2024 Going Postal 0

Sixty years after independence we are in a worse position than we were in 1963. Levels of impunity have reached astronomical levels and, thanks to the IMF and an insensitive leadership, we are likely to [more…]

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