Health
Spurious COVID-19 Case Numbers
Here’s an unexpected ray of sunshine, much like a mid August day in the UK. The DT reports that Sir Andrew Pollard, head of the Oxford vaccine project has said, to an all party Covid [more…]
Articles by Going Postal
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Five
Monday Morning people, another week’s reporting stretches before me and I am itching to get going. As I have told you before there is a skeleton staff working overnight in the offices but they don’t [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 182
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a choice of GP authored book. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 181 and a GP [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Seven
On the drive home from the barracks, Jinnie realised that she was hungry. “It must be all the nervous energy I’ve expended,” she thought. Up ahead was a PizzaExpress, one of the few fast-food chains [more…]
Biography
An Everyday Story of London Folk
My mother died on 14 February 2002. It still feels like only yesterday I lost her. Very suddenly without any previous illness. My mum was born in 1919 to a war torn and disabled father [more…]
20th Century
Behind the Bamboo Curtain, Part Five
My uncle was a staff reporter for the Manchester Evening News from the late 1940s until his death in 1973. The following is from a series of articles in which he describes his extensive visit [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Abergavenny
Following on from my Postcard from Monmouth we decided our next ‘big day out’ would be to Abergavenny. A place I’ve probably travelled through in the past but never visited. We crossed the Bristol Channel [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Four
Monday Morning humans. What a lovely quiet weekend with Bozzie’s clan at Chequers for the weekend and the Dreamies girl feeding me. I must say she is most attentive. Always makes sure my drinking bowl [more…]
Arts
The Year Turns, Part 7
Lughnasadh For me, this was always one of the festivals which seemed to slip under the radar. Which is a shame, because it’s a nice social time, with fun and games, and good food. Falling [more…]