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The Woman Reporter, Part One

21st April 2022 Going Postal 0

Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) No Half-Way For Ladies When I got my first job on a newspaper twenty-five years ago [more…]

Politics

Ukrainian War Eagles

21st April 2022 Going Postal 0

Two War Eagles, Paula Dobriansky and Richard Levine, emphatically argue in today’s Wall Street Journal the reasons NATO (and therefore the U.S.) must wage an active direct proxy war against Russia: We cannot pretend a [more…]

Economics

Russia’s “gold peg”: Lessons for Western investors

20th April 2022 Going Postal 0

It is undeniable that the ongoing crisis in Ukraine has polarized Western societies to an extent unseen in decades in any other foreign conflict. For over a month, we have been bombarded unceasingly by all [more…]

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Доверя́й, но проверя́й – Trust, but Verify

19th April 2022 Going Postal 0

“Trust, but verify, is a well-known saying loved by Ronald Reagan, who was taught it by the writer Suzanne Massey. However, not many people are aware that it came into the English language directly from [more…]

Arts

Lee Brilleaux: rock n roll gentleman, by Zoë Howe

18th April 2022 Going Postal 0

The time is the mid 1970s. The place is Canvey Island. The band is the dynamic “proto-punk” outfit known as Dr Feelgood. (I put inverted commas round proto-punk because, although that is what some music [more…]

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Pale Hands

18th April 2022 Going Postal 0

1. As it was already turning to dusk, I was not expecting anyone to be at the door, but least of all was I expecting whom I saw there – so much so that the [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Thirty Nine

17th April 2022 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning people. Another rotten morning, cold and wet, not at all to my liking. I was down the garden and back so fast I surprised myself! Bozzie still hasn’t had a letter from [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Fifteen

15th April 2022 Going Postal 0

Jinnie was driven to Portsmouth where she was greeted like an old friend by the two Wrens. Most of the clothing she was wearing and had taken with her were her own, as was her [more…]

Hobbies

Infrared photography

14th April 2022 Going Postal 0

Photography has always been a hobby of mine and as I became more interested in it I joined a local camera club. This led me to be exposed to a whole new world of photography [more…]

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