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Book Review: Patrick Leigh-Fermor’s A Time of Gifts Trilogy

9th May 2021 1642again 0

Frequenters of Going Postal, being a generally knowledgeable lot, may well have heard of Patrick Leigh Fermor and, if not, will probably be familiar with the war film ‘Ill Met by Moonlight’ (starring Dirk Bogarde) [more…]

Arts

The Swaling, Part Fifty Four

8th May 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Myself and my colleague Captain Davis are in the constituency office of Sleescale MP, Major Sir Fergus McDee MC. He is standing at the window facing into the room, eying us up. His secretary, Miss [more…]

America

Simply Put, BLM doesn’t care about Black Lives

8th May 2021 Fred Brownbill 0

The truth will set you free but first it will piss you off!! If we cannot be honest, then how will we ever fix what ails us? It is much better to hurt people with [more…]

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Crossword No. 169

8th May 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 168 and a GP mug Audrey’s Daughter [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music Albums – 1990

7th May 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

A History of Pop Music Albums – 1990 Featured Album:  The Very Best of Elton John This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Sixteen

7th May 2021 Going Postal 0

Jinnie was still looking out of the window when she sensed a movement at her side. Her dad had silently joined her and was also looking out at the valley. Suddenly another pair of fast [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

7th May 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 6th May 2021 Panel: Robert Jenrick (Conservative) Thangham Debbonaire (Labour) Hugh Osmond (Businessman) Deborah Frances-White (Media professional) John Bercow (Former Commons Speaker) Venue: London Dominic Lawson, Wilfred Emmanuel Jones’ agent, Gal Dem (the [more…]

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The Bomber Command and USAAF Bombing of Dresden, 13-15th February 1945

6th May 2021 Blown Periphery 0

Pre-Op Test Flights and Briefings On the morning of 13th February it was cold with rain in the Lincolnshire Wolds, after an extremely cold January with a mean temperature of -2 degrees Celsius. By the [more…]

Arts

Memories of Japan, Centre Point to Osaka

6th May 2021 Lugosi 0

In 1985 I worked for Mitsubishi Electric and that gave me the privilege of visiting Japan three times and getting to know something of the Japanese working and business psyche. It introduced me to Japanese [more…]

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