Biography
Trade Plating Around England, Part One
This is part 1 of a few about my trials and tribulations of two and a half years spent as a trade plate driver. You are bound to have seen “platers” with their red and [more…]
Articles by Going Postal
Arts
Classic Album Review: Frank Zappa – Hot Rats
Hot rats, released in 1969, is the second solo album by the late American musician, composer and band leader, Frank Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993). It was the first album he released [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Five, Chapter Five
The metallic black Lexus ES was beautiful and Jinnie thought it looked just perfect for a managing director. The salesman from the garage showed her all the electronic wizardry but there was so much to [more…]
America
Letter From Stafford, Three
I don’t get out as much any more now that I’ve learned to do my work online. Slouching behind a steering wheel 200 miles a day has been replaced by slouching at a screen waiting [more…]
America
What’s it all about, Part 1
OK Puffins Hands up those who think the “pandemic” was used as cover for a financial/energy crisis. Well, those 97% who’ve donned their tin foil hats & agreed with the premise might also ask themselves [more…]
20th Century
Day of the Rangers
Independent journalists and non-UN aid workers had already done enough to discredit the approach taken under Operation Restore Hope and so were treated by the US-UN as “the enemy”. Throughout Somalia’s “peacekeeping war”, independent journalists [more…]
Book Review
The Young H.G. Wells by Clare Tomalin. Viking: 2021
I’m sure many people are familiar with H.G. Wells’ science fiction output, with novels like The War of the Worlds, The Shape of Things to Come, The Invisible Man, The Sleeper Awakes (which some have [more…]
20th Century
This Is My England – Part Five
If you want to see what a profound and lasting impression the war has left on the face of rural England you should make a point of travelling over that stretch of road that links [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Eighty
Monday It’s a beautiful Monday morning here in Westminster, even if it was a bit wet overnight. The sun is out, the sky is blue and it’s even a bit warmer. The woman who looks [more…]