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Caught red-handed: Amazon’s latest dirty trick

16th December 2021 Going Postal 4000 Comments

If asked to name the world’s most unethical company, what would you say? For many, myself included, the answer would be obvious: Amazon. From exploiting workers in sweat shop conditions to tax dodging and more [more…]

Fiction

“Like The Bird in the Tree.”

14th December 2021 Going Postal 4200 Comments

According to The Naked Scientists (2000), “There are now at least 25,000 Elvis impersonators around the world, compared to only 170 in 1977 when Elvis died. At this rate of growth, experts predict that by [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Twenty Three

12th December 2021 Going Postal 4603 Comments

Monday Morning everybody and it’s another freezing one. There was a heavy frost this morning so I rushed down the garden and rushed back again for my breakfast before my paws got cold. I always [more…]

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Crossword No. 200

11th December 2021 Going Postal 2361 Comments

Thank you Swiss Bob and all you Postalliers for putting up with my madness and filth two hundred times on Saturday mornings. Today, as well as the regular cryptic clues, there are eleven politicians to [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Twenty Five

10th December 2021 Going Postal 2637 Comments

Following their weekend in Paris Jinnie and Penny were allowed Monday as a day off, so it wasn’t until Tuesday that they met Gretel on the train to work. As usual, she came puffing up [more…]

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Government interventions and the Cobra effect – Part II

9th December 2021 Going Postal 8711 Comments

Unsound money, unsound society  Of course, one of the most important and consequential parts of the incredibly complex organism that is the economy is money itself. It is its lifeblood and as the song goes, “it [more…]

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Going for Gold – Part 10

7th December 2021 Going Postal 3935 Comments

Eagerly anticipated by coin collectors across the world, the 2022 Proof Sovereign range was launched by the Royal Mint on 15th November and sold out within the first hour. Dropping the usual Pistrucci designed George [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Twenty Two

5th December 2021 Going Postal 3457 Comments

Monday Another week breaks for your cat correspondent to report on. It was lovely and sunny when I woke up this morning so I thought I would take my stroll down the garden in preference [more…]

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Crossword No. 199

4th December 2021 Going Postal 3545 Comments

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a book to the value of £20. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 198 and a [more…]

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