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WG’s Summer Cruise, June 2026 – Part Three

16th July 2026 Going Postal 0

Sunday 14th June – At sea, off southern Portugal and into the Mediterranean When your intrepid diarist woke, it was still dark, but a tap on my iPad screen revealed it was 06:45. Then I [more…]

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How Good it Was – End of Season Football Trips – The Weekend

15th July 2026 Going Postal 0

Once we were all safely checked into the motel it was time to get ready for the evening’s activities. A digression here on the two main destinations: Port Stephens is about 150 miles north of [more…]

Arts

A Trip to the Summer Exhibition

14th July 2026 Going Postal 0

London is still our capital with a wealth of artistic and architectural gems to explore so I like to visit a few times a year.  So.. Mr A and I went to town on the [more…]

Politics

YooKay2026…… A State broken by Corruption (Part 4)

14th July 2026 Going Postal 0

The revolving door describes one route through the system. There is another. Between 2013 and 2023, 68 of the 284 peers nominated by party leaders were political donors, giving a combined £58 million. Fifteen of sixteen [more…]

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Daniel Gooch: the Northumbrian who shrank the Atlantic

13th July 2026 Going Postal 0

At 21 he was building the locomotives for Brunel’s Great Western Railway. Then he took Brunel’s Great Eastern and used it to lay the first lasting telegraph cable across the Atlantic. This is the man [more…]

Politics

The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor — IMEC (Part 1)

12th July 2026 Going Postal 0

It is being called one of the largest and most ambitious infrastructure projects in modern history. The Donald called it  ‘one of the greatest trade routes in all of history.’ But IMEC is not just [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Thirty-Two

12th July 2026 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, my happy readers, the cat is back. It’s been an eventful few weeks while my scribe has been stuffing his face on a cruise. When I last wrote a column, Mascara Man [more…]

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Bombs and Betrayal, Chapter Eight

11th July 2026 Going Postal 0

Dave was up at 06:00, he had breakfast in the canteen and was sitting in the office by 07:00. His first call was to the Prime Minister. “Sir, hopefully this will all be resolved by [more…]

Arts

Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Goth Rock Night!

10th July 2026 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday proudly presents yet another light-loafered, lubed-up, luxuriant leap over the gasworks-end puddles of musical magnificence. Tonight, dear reader (inspired by Adolfo [more…]

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