Holiday
WG’s Summer Cruise, June 2026 – Part Two
Wednesday 10th June – Home to Southampton and to sea Very little to do this morning before leaving home. I did have to lug my suitcase downstairs from a spare bedroom where I had been [more…]
Articles by Going Postal
Arts
How Good it Was – End of Season Football Trips – The Journey Up
I’ve put up George Harrison “When We was Fab” a few times so a different one echoing the same sentiment. How good it was indeed. Anyone who has been part of a sporting team will [more…]
Politics
YooKay2026…… A State broken by Corruption (Part 3)
In each of the 438 quangos described in Part 2, someone decides who sits on the boards, who chairs the committees, and who approves the contracts. Look closely at who those people are and a [more…]
Book Review
Book review: Proto: how one ancient language went global, by Laura Spinney
Who are we, and where did we come from? Might our ancestral languages hold the key? More years ago than I care to remember, as a teenager I came upon an old book published in [more…]
Politics
Of Cabbages, Kings in the North, & Populism (Part 2)
Part 1 can be read here:- The upcoming exam question for Reform (and anyone else who wants to solve the UK’s problems rather than merely secure power for its own sake) is how do you [more…]
Holiday
WG’s Summer Cruise, June 2026 – Part One
The Prologue I booked this cruise while onboard P&O Arvia in the Caribbean the Christmas before last (2024). P&O are a bit artful, they leave a copy of the latest cruise brochure in your stateroom, [more…]
Fiction
Bombs and Betrayal, Chapter Seven
An hour after he had told Sally and Jane of Taff’s impending arrival, his phone rang. Security informed him his visitor was waiting for him. He said to Howard he would be gone for an [more…]
Arts
A Laotian Farewell (past memories part II):
It was early March in 1975 when the editor wandered into the newsroom of the New Zealand Herald and asked for volunteers to go to Vietnam. Specifically, Saigon. The older men kept their eyes down, [more…]
Arts
Down on the Farm. 1977-1982 – Sheep, Crops and the Dam
A second piece about activities on the school farm. As I’ve said in the last piece the place was a massive source of entertainment for teenage boys. Let’s get down to details though. Sheep The [more…]