Going Postal
  • Home
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Blog
  • Politics
    • Authoritarianism
    • Capitalism
    • Communism
    • Conservatives
    • Elections
    • European Union
    • Labour
    • Peace
    • Socialism
    • Terrorism
    • War
    • US
  • Economics
    • Business
    • Finance
    • Trading
  • Science
    • Engineering
    • Geology
    • Health
    • Physics
    • Mathematics
    • Space
    • Technology
  • History
    • English Civil War
    • 18th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
    • WW I
    • WW II
    • The Cold War
  • Literature
    • Biography
    • Book Reviews
    • Fiction
    • Mystery
    • Poetry
    • Satire
    • Thriller
  • Forums
    • Campaigning
    • Competitions
    • Culture
    • Current Affairs
    • Elections
    • GP Events
    • Media Shows & Appearances
    • Publishing
    • Welcome
  • Merchandise
    • Trump Mugs and Tee Shirts
    • Custom Mug
    • GP Mugs
    • GP Coasters
    • GP Books
    • GP Keyrings

Blog

20th Century

African Regime Gone Bad, Part Eight

31st May 2023 Going Postal 0

While continued attempts to persuade Hutu officials to return, the RPF pressed for its own list of candidates for the posts of bourgmestres to be appointed. At grassroots level, the power-sharing principles of the Arusha [more…]

History

Elementary, my dear Watson – Cu Copper

30th May 2023 SharpieType301 0

We’ve already explored the development of the Periodic Table (a.k.a. the Periodic Table of the Elements) and picked up a few bits of basic chemistry information. The elements we have met to date have been: [more…]

20th Century

Slow Boats To Africa

30th May 2023 Going Postal 0

Previously, in “The Sore Seated Safari”, we followed one Charles Henry Freeman and some compatriots, on a 1929 road trip from the town of Iringa, in Tanganyika, to Nairobi in Kenya. But what were they [more…]

Computing

Cnutelectronics, Part Three

29th May 2023 El Cnutador 0

Welcome back to Cnutelectronics! It comprises the same bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm, poor research, pointy metal things as Cnuteneering and also adds the additional danger of very hot soldering irons. If you missed them here [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – May 1943

29th May 2023 well_chuffed 0

With the Axis occupying a smaller and smaller piece of real estate in Tunisia this was the month they would have to surrender, 291,000 of them. There was no way to supply them and no [more…]

20th Century

The Flew Alone, Part Four

28th May 2023 Going Postal 0

In May 1969 my uncle, John Alldridge, described the voyage of Allcock and Brown for the Montreal Star. This is the fourth of his reports. – Jerry F Like most cities, St. John’s, Newfoundland, has [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Eighty-Nine

28th May 2023 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning everyone and welcome to another week in the madness that is modern Britain! The biggest madness to arrive over the weekend was Sir Beer Korma’s idea of voting reform. Apparently, he wants [more…]

20th Century

A Scottish Tour, Part Two

27th May 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Loch Ailort As we accompany my grandparents (and their caravan) on their 1956 Scottish road tour, we reach Loch Ailort, a west coast sea loch and popular tourist destination. Or do we? The location of [more…]

Biography

Trade Plating Around England, Part Eight

27th May 2023 Going Postal 0

This time, The only time I felt unsafe and down to the South West Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. [more…]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 246 247 248 … 670 »

Latest Articles

  • Labour’s bad boys – Part 18 Andrew Gwynne
    1st July 2026 0
  • YooKay2026…… A State broken by Corruption (Part 2)
    30th June 2026 0
  • Bash 2026 Report
    29th June 2026 0
  • The Iran War, “Rope-a-Dope”, and the 1415 Battle of Agincourt
    29th June 2026 0
  • Of Cabbages, Kings in the North, & Populism (Part 1)
    28th June 2026 0
  • An Easier (Circular) Route to Plutocracy
    27th June 2026 0
  • Bombs and Betrayal, Chapter Six
    27th June 2026 0

GP on Twitter

Tweets by GoingPostalBlog

Elsewhere on GP

  • A View From (Outside) The Greenhouse; T’Fickle Finger Of T’Fate…..Innit?

    3rd March 2026 0
    Firstly, allow me to apologise for so quickly getting off the horse after spending such a long time out of the saddle (as it were) before getting back on it. The best laid plans of [more...]
  • Report From Kenya, March 1955

    4th November 2021 0
    Two years into the Mau Mau emergency, my uncle John Alldridge reported from Kenya for the Manchester Evening News in March, 1955 – Jerry F.   Tactical Force Headquarters East Africa Command Nyeri, Kenya, Monday [more...]
  • Fred and Doris

    17th March 2020 0
    Doris said, ‘I heard on the BBC that us old folk are going to be confined to barracks because of that virus. They said it’s for our own safety,’ Doris was 83 and her husband [more...]
  • Larry’s Diary, Part Seventy Eight

    31st January 2021 0
    Monday Another week begins and it’s another frosty morning, so I only nipped out into the garden very briefly before breakfast. Today I read of the leading contenders for the leadership of the Scottishland Labour [more...]
  • The Unseen Path – Part Eighty Four

    13th October 2018 0
    Bowson heard through the radio that operational control was being passed to the military, they all knew what that meant.  He was summoned back to the temporary situation base in the north-eastern corner of Cavendish [more...]

Articles by Author

  • 70s_girl
  • 1642again
  • 10210ken
  • Æthelberht
  • Alexsandr too
  • Always Worth Saying
  • Ancient Mariner
  • Ang Ryman
  • Annie Dee
  • AW Kamau
  • Bark Kantatas
  • Barbican
  • Bassman
  • Bergen
  • Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs
  • Bill Quango MP
  • Blown Periphery
  • Bobo
  • Chrissie
  • Churchills Shark
  • Colin Cross
  • Colliemum
  • Columba Palumbus
  • Cynic
  • Dalester
  • DH
  • Dixie
  • DJM
  • Dorset Knob
  • Doxie
  • Dr Mike Finnley
  • EJ – Wankpuffin
  • El Cnutador
  • Emile Woolf
  • Eraser of Love
  • Foxoles
  • Gillygangle
  • Gmbd
  • Godfrey Bloom
  • Grimy Miner
  • GrumpyAngler
  • Guardian Council
  • Ivory Cutlery
  • James Dalton
  • Jethro
  • Jerry F
  • Jerry Mandarin
  • JimmySP
  • Jim Walshe
  • Joe Slater
  • Joe Williams
  • John Booth
  • John Tull
  • Jonathon Davies
  • Judas was paid
  • Katabasis
  • Kent
  • Kipper
  • LetEnglandShake
  • Lugosi
  • Madam Revenant
  • Martin Mezger
  • Mr QM
  • Nautilus
  • NeverUpToTheJob
  • Noix
  • Northern man
  • Oddanatomy
  • OldTrout
  • Ozymandias
  • Paul_Southampton
  • Paul Wicker
  • Pete Plug
  • Phil the test manager
  • Rat Catcher
  • RedBudgie
  • Reggie
  • Roger Ackroyd
  • Rookwood
  • Ross
  • SharpieType301
  • Shibusa
  • Sunshine & Showers
  • Sweaty Dave
  • Tachybaptus
  • The Black Swan
  • The Buttscratcher Jimmy
  • Tom Pudding
  • Upset
  • Verax Cincinnatus
  • Viciousbutfair
  • Vir Cantium
  • \/()43 |_|K19
  • well_chuffed
  • William
  • WorthingGooner
  • Wycombewanderer

Archives

Contribute to GP

If you wish to make a contribution small and often would be preferable. Paypal accepts all sorts of payment methods.




In Pictures

Meta
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
Sitemap
  • Home
  • Bash 2026
  • About
  • Contact
  • Support and Subscriptions
  • Moderation philosophy and policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disqus Help Page

Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes