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The Swaling, Part Fifty Eight

5th June 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Back in London, I struggled to touch base with my colleague, Miss Natasha Williams, the other half of my nascent Operation Swaling, neglected by myself as I was sent north to play my part in [more…]

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Victory or Surrender?

5th June 2021 Fred Brownbill 0

“You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth.” Winston Churchill. I love a lot of Winston Churchill’s sayings, but the one above fits the subject of this blog today pretty [more…]

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Crossword No. 173

5th June 2021 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 172 and a GP mug Popeye (Do [more…]

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A History of Pop Music Albums – 1994

4th June 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

A History of Pop Music Albums – 1994 Featured Album:  Definitely Maybe This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to 1999.  Just cannot go on that much longer with the drivel [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Twenty

4th June 2021 Going Postal 0

Colour Sergeant Jones and his troop now had full fuel tanks on their Challenger 2s, thanks to the friendly farmer. Looking at his GPS navigation computer it told him that he had enough, not just [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

4th June 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 3rd June 2021 Panel: Lucy Frazer (Conservative) Peter Kyle (Labour) Heather McGregor (Academic) Anthony Costello (Independant sage) Jenni Murray (Broadcaster) Venue: London & Edinburgh First question. Only £1.4 billion extra for school funding? [more…]

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The Clay is the Thing, Part Three

3rd June 2021 Columba Palumbus 0

Okay, I’ve skirted around the issue long enough, it’s time to tackle the complex subject of lead or forward allowance. To an experienced shooter, it is literally second nature, an unconscious calculation that is already [more…]

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Notes from a briefing paper discussed under Chatham Rule

3rd June 2021 Going Postal 0

Chatham Rule Named after Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs), which introduced the rule in 1927: “When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to [more…]

20th Century

Exocet – the missile that almost cost Britain the Falklands War

2nd June 2021 Blown Periphery 0

Exocet is the French word for a flying fish. It is also an anti-shipping missile that can be launched from submarines, surface ships, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. The Exocet designed and built by Aerospatiale [more…]

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