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20th Century

Postcard From Summer 1954, Part Four – Morecambe

16th November 2021 Going Postal 0

In 1954, the Manchester Evening News launched a “Special Investigation” and tasked my uncle, John Alldridge, with answering the question – Holidaymakers, do you get value for your MONEY? What follows is his report on [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Nineteen

14th November 2021 Going Postal 0

Monday Morning everyone, I’m sure you will be happy for me enjoying a weekend of peace and quiet without the humans. The Dreamies Girl was in this morning and has left the radio on low [more…]

20th Century

Remembrance Sunday

14th November 2021 Going Postal 0

Illustrating the Apocalypse: Goodbye Old Man Address to Legion lunch 5th June 1994 at the Jameson Hotel Just an Ordinary Jack Tar? The Place where Trust died The Merchant Navy Boy A Medic with 130 [more…]

Hobbies

Crossword No. 196

13th November 2021 Going Postal 0

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 195 and a [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Twenty One

12th November 2021 Going Postal 0

Just over a week after her meeting with the PM Jinnie realised that things were starting to happen. She had put the radio on to listen to the morning news while making her favourite soft [more…]

Authoritarianism

The story of Matilda (Revised)

11th November 2021 Going Postal 0

I wrote a few notes on Warble Gloaming recently, and with the gloomfest that is COP26 looming I thought it might be time to revisit them.  Here’s the third, where I try to list the [more…]

20th Century

Postcard From Summer 1954, Part Three – Scarborough

11th November 2021 Going Postal 0

In 1954, the Manchester Evening News launched a “Special Investigation” and tasked my uncle, John Alldridge, with answering the question – Holidaymakers, do you get value for your MONEY? What follows is his report on [more…]

19th Century

Men Among the Ruins: Julius Evola – Orientations (1950)

11th November 2021 Going Postal 0

Introduction Julius Evola was an Italian philosopher who lived from 1898 to 1974. I was recently introduced to him by the Academic Agent, who devoted a day of programmes to him on his YouTube channel. [more…]

Economics

Inflation on the rise – The blame game

9th November 2021 Going Postal 0

After months of outright denials and fiery persistence that inflation is not a problem and never will be, central bankers in the US, the EU and other advanced economies are now being forced to face [more…]

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