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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…]

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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…]

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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…]

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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…]

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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…]

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The Swaling, Episode Sixty Two

3rd July 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

I’m in the lobby of an Islington apartment block. Natasha has directed me and my ward, a wet and dripping pushchair containing a toddler called Jakey, to the lift. Too small for the three of [more…]

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Crossword No. 177

3rd July 2021 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a choice of GP authored book. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 176 and a GP [more…]

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A History of Pop Music Albums – 1998

2nd July 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

A History of Pop Music Albums – 1998 Featured Album:  Life Thru a lens – Robbie Williams This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to 1999.  Just cannot go on that [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story – Book Two, Chapter Two

2nd July 2021 Going Postal 0

Professor Dirk Scholz asked politely if he could sit down. Jinnie saw he was standing awkwardly and said, “Yes, of course.” Dirk put both his crutches into one hand, pulled out a chair with the [more…]

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