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Authoritarianism

Dead babies don’t come cheap

23rd November 2020 Rookwood 0

As of some date in 2020, we have finally emerged from beneath our cloying and heavyweight safety blanket to embrace a horrific and unpalatable truth. Whatever freedom we thought we had as individuals has been [more…]

Blown Periphery, Going Postal
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War Crimes Chapter 35 – Angela and Moira’s Stories

22nd November 2020 Blown Periphery 0

Chapter 35 – Angela and Moira’s Stories She was asleep when her phone started ringing, her mobile that very few people knew her number. Angela groaned and fumbled for her glasses and then the phone [more…]

20th Century

JFK Behind the Curtain, Part 1

22nd November 2020 Going Postal 0

I’m supposing that every Puffin of a certain age would remember where they were when the news broke in the afternoon of November 22nd 1963, America’s darkest Friday. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy had been gunned [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Sixty Eight

22nd November 2020 Going Postal 0

Monday Good Morning everyone, my usual weather report is that is dull and grey in London this morning, but not too cold. I took a quick trip out before breakfast and it was a bit [more…]

Arts

The Swaling, Part Thirty

21st November 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

The Diplomatic Corp are jammed into the reception rooms at the British High Commissioner’s residence at Eden Hall. The weather is against us. Not only is there a swaling wind (from the crop burnings in [more…]

Authoritarianism

Panem Et Circenses: Part I

21st November 2020 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

Steve walks wearily to his recently rented sofa from Amazon Global and noisily flops down on it with a heavy sigh.  Amazon Global’s airborne package guarded by their fleet of lightly armed defence drones, dropped [more…]

Hobbies

Crossword No. 145

21st November 2020 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 Last week’s winner of a GP mug. 144 – bogblaster. [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – Albums 1966

20th November 2020 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured Album:   The Mama’s & The Papa’s If you can believe your eyes and ears This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I [more…]

Arts

Stir Up Sunday

20th November 2020 Going Postal 0

The last Sunday before advent begins (22.11) is traditionally known as ‘stir up Sunday’. This is when families would come together to make the mixture for their Christmas Pudding, all taking it in turns to [more…]

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