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The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 20

16th January 2022 Blown Periphery 0

St Juan de Pasto Main Operating Base, Bogotá and the lake Laguna De Tota, north-east of Bogotá Clarita Rivera was late arriving at the main operating base. She had a briefing for the Head of [more…]

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Twenty Six

16th January 2022 Going Postal 0

Monday Morning everyone, I understand that I have to make the most of the next few days as my scribe is going to be missing for a bit, so this weeks diary may be truncated. [more…]

Domesday

16th January 2022 Going Postal 0

To begin with, it was a perfectly normal Tuesday: the usual saunter into the office, greeting people en passant – even if, in some cases, it was still only a frowningly vexed look, stepping aside. [more…]

Mystery Album, Part Eighteen

15th January 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

From Helsinki Central Station, a five-minute walk takes one past the Ateneum and along Ateneuminkuja and Yliopistonatu to Senate Square, at the north end of which and up some steps sits Helsinki Cathedral. Billed as [more…]

Going Postal Saturday Puzzles Number 203

15th January 2022 Going Postal 0

SOD-YOU-KO Word Search First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a mystery prize! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 202 and a Christmas [more…]

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Twenty-Seven – The Four Tops

14th January 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not be [more…]

Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Two

14th January 2022 Going Postal 0

When Jinnie got home, she was a little later than normal and Paolo had already started getting an evening meal together. Being an Italian he was making pasta. He had popped in the supermarket on [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

14th January 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 13th January 2022 The Panel: Simon Hart (Conservative) Jess Phillips (Labour) Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat) Isabel Oakeshott (GBNews) Danny Sriskandarajah (Oxfam) Venue: Shrewsbury If mention of Jess Philips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, [more…]

Crimean War, Part Five

13th January 2022 Going Postal 0

In 1954, as the centenary of the end of the Crimean War approached, my uncle John Alldridge produced a series of articles for the Manchester Evening News which vividly described that campaign. In this article, [more…]