Christianity
A Trip to the Temple
London, despite its many many issues, is still a nice place to visit, to wonder at the beautiful architecture and to explore its history. Of course you no longer expect to see many English people [more…]
Articles by Going Postal
Economics
Immigration, unemployment and publicity
When all else has failed, our great leaders and civil servants usually revert to telling us we need immigrants to ‘do the jobs the British won’t do’ (even when those jobs were only advertised abroad, [more…]
Collecting
An odd obsession
There is a saying that one chainsaw is too many, but 10 is not enough…. I have fidddled about with mechanical things all my life – not only because of the enjoyment but because of [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Forty-Six
Wanting to contribute something to the blog a while back I started these musings (a.k.a. ramblings of an old git) and I do enjoy letting my mind rove over the past, and occasionally a thought [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Seven
Monday Good morning my friends, dry but very chilly this morning when I popped out. The story doing the rounds here in Number 10 is that the Ginger Growler is on manoeuvres to challenge Legohead [more…]
Education
The Party’s Over, It’s Time to Call it a Day
It never entered my mind that I would be doing this job for… checks retirement date …more than 15 years… It was around March and Mrs C. was working at the school as a dinner [more…]
Fiction
Downfall, Chapter Seventeen
He dropped off his case at Flemings Hotel and walked to the Home Office, he sat in one of the staff restaurants with a coffee, he was reluctant to go upstairs. He made a call [more…]
Arts
Fabulously Festive Fridays: NOT YET!!
Oh my gawd – he’s gorn early! Season’s greetings and Christmas apologies, pop pickers, and please be welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Festive Friday and another of our light-loafered, lubed-up googlies from the gasworks-end of musical [more…]
Arts
Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Seven
Jinnie sat in the back of Sir Nigel’s Rolls and watched the snowy Sussex countryside slid past. Much to the twins’ dismay the fall had been very light in the South unlike in the North [more…]