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20th Century

From Palestine to the JFK Assassination

3rd January 2024 Going Postal 0

Lyndon Johnson’s installation changed the geopolitical topography JFK’s death was followed by his brother within five years; his son 36 years later Killing Kennedy was not the main objective but to install Lyndon Johnson The [more…]

20th Century

Report From Israel, 1957 – Part Three

2nd January 2024 Going Postal 0

In 1957 my uncle, John Alldridge visited Israel for the Birmingham Mail. This is the third of his reports. – Jerry F The first you see of it is a row of whitewashed oil drums, [more…]

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Christmas, How Did Yours Go?

2nd January 2024 Godfrey Bloom 0

I saw a piece to camera from Sonia Poulton before Christmas who felt Hollywood was less than helpful in its portrayal of a Christmas as a sugary confection of unreasonable expectation. True of course because [more…]

Collecting

A Few of My Favourite Things – Part 1

1st January 2024 Going Postal 0

It’s been a while since I last did an article about art and thought I would take a few pictures of some of my best and most treasured items. The first is our most recent [more…]

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Crom’s Fav Albums of 2023

31st December 2023 Going Postal 0

Below I present my five favourite albums of this year. They aren’t necessarily ‘the best’, (whatever that even means), just the ones that I am most likely to revisit over the ensuing years. Of the [more…]

Drinking

The 12 wines of Christmas

31st December 2023 Going Postal 0

In no particular order are here my 12 wines of Christmas with the descriptions as found online From left to right Mersault J.M. Boillot 2019Beautifully crisp and textural Meursault with fresh white fruit and striking [more…]

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Going Postal’s Monster Christmas Quiz

30th December 2023 NeverUpToTheJob 0

What do you or your family know about Christmas, and how it’s been celebrated and portrayed over the years? 120 Christmas questions! Doing the whole quiz in one go might be a bit much for [more…]

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Tales From The Alarm Industry Hong Kong Special

30th December 2023 Going Postal 0

I hadn’t intended to write about my trip to Hong Kong and subsequent work but here it is. I hope you find it interesting. Having finished with the alarm company on Friday, I was due [more…]

Arts

Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Synth-Pop – Part 2

29th December 2023 Going Postal 0

Greetings pop pickers and welcome to another edition of Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – our occasional Campari and soda drenched probe into the rainbow and glitter world of artistes who are quite simply fabulous, darling. This [more…]

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