Fiction
Bombs and Betrayal, Chapter Fourteen
“There are changes going on in the setup here, I have been offered a position on the books. It means for most of the time I would be behind a desk, this will leave a [more…]
Articles by Going Postal
20th Century
TANKFEST 2026 & The Tank Museum, Pt 1
For Father’s Day this year, my brother suggested taking Dad to TANKFEST, the annual event held at The Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset. Yes… yes, let’s do that! Having visited the museum a few years [more…]
Hobbies
Postcard from Tromso
A few months ago, I took a trip way up north. To be specific, Tromsø towards the top of Norway. As we were travelling by sea and the weather had been quite inclement for the [more…]
Business
A Landscape of Lies
In 2007 I was the joint owner of a building services consultancy which undertook the mechanical and electrical design and production tender documentation relating to new construction and refurbishment projects. In addition, we also undertook [more…]
Authoritarianism
Why do the English (*) drink so much?
This is a question asked by all foreigners, who look on in horror as we binge-drink our way through the week, stumbling through the streets in various states of inebriation. As though I were talking [more…]
18th Century
The Railway’s sleepers: the Patron, the builder and the Polymath
A final journey into history to meet three men whose names never sadly made it into popular memory but who, like all the others, laid the foundations still used by the railways to this day. [more…]
Arts
A Dazzlingly Ferocious Crime Film : Sexy Beast (2000)
Michael Caine was once quoted as saying he appeared in the gritty crime film “Get Carter”as an antithesis to the jokey caper “The Italian Job”. But to sufficiently compare Get Carter and Sexy Beast, one has to first understand the [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Thirty-Seven
Monday Good morning, my happy readers. Hot again this morning when I went out, but I’m delighted to see it’s not going to only be for the one day, and it might even rain a [more…]
Fiction
Bombs and Betrayal, Chapter Thirteen
Sally was waiting for him when he came in, he dropped the backpack and hugged her. He felt her crying, trying to pull away, she wouldn’t let him go. When she eventually let her grip [more…]