20th Century
The Flew Alone, Part Two
In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the second of his reports. – Jerry F In the same year that young Jack [more…]
Articles by Going Postal
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Eighty-Seven
Monday Good morning my friends, that weekend went so quickly, but at least it’s a bank holiday and it should be an easy day. I woke up to sun streaming in through the kitchen window, [more…]
Biography
Trade Plating Around England, Part Six
This time, We go digital and getting between jobs Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. Part one is here Part [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Five, Chapter Eleven
Just before 8 o’clock on Thursday morning Jinnie drove her Lexus up to the car park barrier and pressed the button labelled “Visitors please press for entry.” She heard it buzz and within seconds she [more…]
20th Century
African Regime Gone Bad – On To Kampala
In the 1980s Ali Porteous and Tim Cooper were filmmakers taking extraordinary risks. Having filmed the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, they heard about a suspected genocide in Central Uganda and hooked up with an [more…]
America
A Guide to Three Pieces of Rock by Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain was an American writer and humourist as well as having a multitude of other careers throughout his life. He is probably best known for [more…]
Libertarianism
OTF: Break Up Of Science
Introduction This is a short article, looking at dealing with the manifold problems of science. Medical science, agri science & food science are all owned by the companies that benefit from selling us stuff based [more…]
20th Century
They Flew Alone, Part One
In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the first of his reports. – Jerry F MANCHESTER — She hangs now, like some [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Eighty-Six
Monday Good morning happy readers and welcome to another week’s diary entries from your cat reporter. It was a strange day yesterday, first it rained hard, then it was sunny for a couple of hours, [more…]