Arts
A Postcard From a Mediterranean Cruise – Part 1
I so enjoyed my Christmas fly cruise to the Caribbean that a week or so after coming home I made my mind up to book one for Christmas 22/23. I like the Englishness of a [more…]
Articles by Going Postal
Hobbies
Crossword No. 227
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 226 and a GP mug CG (Contact [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Twenty-Eight
The Mercedes stopped at the barrier to the airport and unloaded Jinnie and Penny. Simone hugged them both and said her goodbyes. Jinnie kissed little Juliette and said she would see her soon. Juliette said, [more…]
Arts
Golf in the Kingdom
I’ve played the eternally fascinating, stupid golf game since I was a lad. Played to a decent standard & been lucky enough to tee it up at almost all of the courses in the “Top [more…]
Economics
Private property rights under siege – Part II
An astonishing acceleration Even though the downhill trajectory we saw over the last decades in terms of property rights was bad enough, nothing could have ever prepared us for what the covid crisis would bring. [more…]
Cooking
Stewed apple(s) – Cooking for numpties and the terminally depressed
You need: One apple, even one that’s sligtly bruised, or more than one apple if you’re flush.. Do not accept apples from passing strangers, especially if they’re old women with warts. I cannae be held [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Twenty-Seven
The spotter touched Jinnie on the shoulder to signal the 8 minutes were up. She squeezed the trigger and through the sight saw the gunner collapse forward. Swinging a fraction to the left the assistant [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 226
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 225 and a GP mug FJ (Contact [more…]
20th Century
The Wickedest Man in History
This is my uncle John Alldridge’s article for the Manchester Evening News on the 10th anniversary of Hitler’s death on 30 April, 1945 – Jerry F By today it was clear the Reichswehr had had [more…]