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Authoritarianism

Riots, Royals & Petitions For Parliamentary Reform

15th August 2024 Going Postal 0

It’s standard practice when a making a complaint that one: articulates the complaint to the appropriate person in writing says what would resolve the complaint i.e. what you want them to do Why should it [more…]

20th Century

Desert Fox: Erwin Rommel’s Photograph Collection

14th August 2024 Going Postal 0

The Vietnam War started in 1955 and ended with the fall of Saigon in 1975 when the Americans left in a hurry. It has been described as the first televised war but a claim to [more…]

21st Century

Hatuwezi Ishi Hivi (We Can’t Live This Way)

14th August 2024 Going Postal 0

Police brutality during the #RejectFinanceBill protests has shown us that while politicians can afford to sit back and wait for the 2027 general election, we the citizens of Kenya do not have that luxury. They [more…]

Book Review

Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis

13th August 2024 Going Postal 0

Lucky Jim was (Sir) Kingsley Amis’s first novel published in 1954. It is the funniest novel that I have read I think, and contains many genuinely laugh out loud passages. Amis was inspired to write [more…]

20th Century

Report From Kenya, 1955 – Part Eight

13th August 2024 Going Postal 0

In 1955, at the height of the Mau Mau Rebellion, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of reports from Kenya for the Birmingham Mail and the Manchester Evening News – Jerry F Wally’s lion [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Forty-Four

11th August 2024 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning and what a fabulous one it is, not a cloud in the sky and my it’s warm. I am a bit disappointed with the Olympics so far, as I write this we [more…]

Fiction

Those Who Play With Fire, Chapter Four

10th August 2024 Going Postal 0

Over breakfast, there was very little conversation, Dave returned upstairs with a mug of coffee and a packet of biscuits. He fired up the laptop and got to work. He went down the list on [more…]

Arts

Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – The Day The Music Died

9th August 2024 Going Postal 0

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards pop pickers to be born… Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday sashays up to the [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story – Book Seven, Chapter Seven

8th August 2024 Going Postal 0

Jinnie found her lunch guests waiting for her in reception and while Paolo popped upstairs to get the twins and Izzy for lunch, Jinnie chatted to them. On his way back, Paolo spoke to the [more…]

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