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Book Review: The Man Who Hated Walking, by Overend Watts

27th October 2021 Going Postal 0

Peter Overend Watts, who may be familiar to some as the ex bassist of Mott The Hoople (a band once described as looking like ‘hod-carriers in drag’ by Roger Taylor of Queen), was a rock [more…]

20th Century

Postcard From Summer 1954, Part One – Bournemouth

25th October 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 Sixteen

24th October 2021 Going Postal 0

Monday Another Monday and you find a very happy cat reporter. The family didn’t hang around in No10 very long and it’s lovely and peaceful again. I hear they have been loaned a luxury villa [more…]

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Crossword No. 193

23rd October 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 192 and a [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Eighteen

22nd October 2021 Going Postal 0

Jinnie settled into a window seat of the 13:47 train from Munich to Mannheim. As yet there was no sign of Steven and the train was due to depart in five minutes. Jinnie had swapped [more…]

20th Century

Book Review: “We Defended Normandy” by Lt Gen Hans Speidel, 1951

21st October 2021 Going Postal 0

Could War In Europe Have Ended in 1944? Was Montgomery right ? Americans said “No”, now Speidel says “Yes”   “We Defended Normandy” by Lt-Gen Hans Speidel (Herbert Jenkins, 12. 6d.), 1951 Book review by [more…]

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More Artwork 2021, Part Two

20th October 2021 Going Postal 0

6 months on from my last article, I thought I would write another but this time include information on artists and art I aspire to own, rather than just focus on recent purchases, giving me [more…]

Ethics

Kafka traps and Gish galloping

20th October 2021 Going Postal 0

These are the ways many of  the people you see in the media and politics lie and try to deceive you, not all but an awful lot of them come from the left unsurprisingly. First [more…]

Elections

Z is for … Zeitgeist, Generation Z and Le Z, the presumed candidate

19th October 2021 Going Postal 0

The man who alerted me to the collapse of Western civilisation might soon be President of France. He did so at an event I attended on 4 November 2014: Eric Zemmour was in London to [more…]

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