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Postcard From Jerry, Part Six

19th September 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

A perspiring Prime Minister called for coffee time at Number 10 North. My companion, Miss Blod, and I circulated, made small talk and nodded. There seemed little need for any great subterfuge, despite the fact [more…]

Fiction

Bombs and Betrayal, Chapter Eighteen

19th September 2026 Going Postal 0

Sally was up and looking refreshed, “I saw the TV, he might as well have said it was the Americans, he didn’t hold back. These press conferences usually go one for ages and say very [more…]

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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: A Postcard From 1976 Pt.3

18th September 2026 Going Postal 0

It was fifty years ago today. Well… Not quite – but close enough for rock ‘n’ roll. This article was originally scheduled to appear over the recent August bank holiday weekend. But, as is so [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

18th September 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 17th September 2026 The Panel: Heidi Alexander (Labour) Joy Morrissey (Conservative) Danny Kruger (Reform UK) Caroline Lucas (Green Party) Venue: Salisbury For once the interesting member of the family, rather than the dullard, [more…]

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Crossing the Atlantic, At Sea

17th September 2026 Going Postal 0

I unpacked my belongings and noticed that outside of my cabin windows was a little orange motor boat that was lowerable down to the water via a crane that swung the thing away from the [more…]

Conservatives

Tory Bad Boys – Part 02 John Profumo

17th September 2026 well_chuffed 0

Quite possibly one of the most damaging events in the history of the Tory Party. Everything was going wrong for them, they seemed like a bunch of incompetents. From the great train robbery, spies in [more…]

Politics

Ceuta – A Bridge too Far?

16th September 2026 Going Postal 0

Peruvian strongman Oscar Benavides once famously said “For my friends, everything; For my enemies, the law.” Once, such a thing might have provided a succinct summary of the practice of privilege in its literal sense [more…]

America

What It Means to Be an American

16th September 2026 Patrick Barron 0

There is a very big difference between being an American and a citizen of any other nation We often hear that Americans are special. We may even say that ourselves. But what does that mean? [more…]

18th Century

A View From (The Plot By) The Greenhouse; Unintended Consequence?

15th September 2026 Colin Cross 0

It’s getting near the end of the original planting of potatoes. The original idea was to do a second planting, in between the rows that had already been lifted, to (hopefully) provide fresh spuds into [more…]

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