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Zirkus!

7th July 2021 bobo 0

Every so often the annals of military history reveal an individual whose grasp of the situational realities seems counterintuitive at best. Step forward Herr Major Bardlenschlager, CO of Panzer Ersatz und Ausbildungs Abteilung 100 stationed [more…]

Sailing my life away, part 18

6th July 2021 Ancient Mariner 0

A SUMMER BREAK I am now away from home for about six weeks and have suspended for this issue a continuation of the story of Alchemi’s 1997 Voyage covering the leg from Oslo to Bergen. [more…]

How My Grandchildren Learned to Love Commerce

6th July 2021 Patrick Barron 0

My three grandchildren’s other set of grandparents live just off the seventeenth green of a golf course in California. This set of grandparents hosted a multi-generation family vacation at their home this summer. The California [more…]

Batley By-Election Bloodbath Autopsy

6th July 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Early in the morning of Friday 2nd July 2021, the world of politics was shaken to its foundations by a count declaration in Huddersfield’s Cathedral House. The returning officer for the Batley and Spen by-election [more…]

A Rose by Any Other Name – A Beginner’s Guide to Perfumes

5th July 2021 Going Postal 0

Even before I became obsessed with plants, I was fascinated by perfumes. As a small child, working on the premise that more is more, I remember mixing several bottles of my mother’s precious scents into [more…]

Plain Truths Need Repetition

5th July 2021 Emile Woolf 0

“The Government has a duty to the next generation to build more homes” – reads a recent headline, quoting the Housing Minister, whose choice of words masks his preferred role, which is to get out [more…]

Mobile Phones in Schools, Friend or Foe?

5th July 2021 Going Postal 0

So the utterly lacklustre Education Minister , Gavin Williamson a man with a personality that could challenge that of a stone and lose, has decided to ban mobile phones in schools. Well, I suppose you [more…]

The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 26

4th July 2021 Blown Periphery 0

Insurgencies differ in their use of tactics and methods. In a 2004 article, Robert R. Tomes spoke of four elements that “typically encompass an insurgency”: 1. cell-networks that maintain secrecy 2. terrorism used to foster [more…]

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred

4th July 2021 Going Postal 0

Monday A happy Monday morning to all you wonderful readers of my little musings. When I started updating you humans on my escapades and what I hear around the corridor of power nearly two years [more…]