Hobbies
The Tale of my Old Dumper, Part Two
This dumper, one of the first types to hit the scene has no hydraulic system and the skip is basically unloaded by pulling a big lever which releases a hook and the entire skip rolls [more…]
Articles by Going Postal
20th Century
The Muslim Brotherhood, Part Five
Tunisia 2010 The plan for regime change borrowed the model used to remove the Shah of Iran and the return of Imam Khomeini. On 17 December 2010, street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire [more…]
20th Century
’59 Trail, Part Nine
Final part of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Whitehorse, Yukon Territory My problem now was to get out of Alaska and back into [more…]
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…]
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…]