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An empty vessel

5th May 2025 well_chuffed 2403 Comments

An empty vessel makes the most noise as the saying goes but in political terms an empty vessel is someone with no ideas in his, or her, head. Keith’s Chief of Staff, Morgan McSweeney, has [more…]

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An Old Man’s Musings Part Twenty-Six

4th May 2025 Going Postal 1904 Comments

The Seekers were my favourite group and, playing a video of ‘The Carnival is Over’ the other day, I read the whole of the introduction which was as follows: ‘The Seekers, bathed in the warm [more…]

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Larry’s diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy Nine

4th May 2025 Going Postal 2449 Comments

Monday Good morning on this Bank Holiday Monday. It is nice and quiet here in Number Ten with only a small crew on. The girl who was on feeding duty this morning was not very [more…]

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An Appreciation Of The Papacy of Francis I

3rd May 2025 Always Worth Saying 2284 Comments

Might every age get the Pope it deserves? If so, then what of the Age of Francis I? Jorge Mario Bergoglio, once Archbishop of Buenos Aires and the latest Bishop of Rome, died on Easter [more…]

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The Past is Present, Chapter Four

3rd May 2025 Going Postal 2540 Comments

The Range Rover was ready for them, Dave put the holdall with the weapons in the boot, Sally’s heart was thumping. They set off driving through the Saturday night traffic, as they drove east, the [more…]

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Fabulously Flamboyant Friday: When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth Pt. 1

2nd May 2025 Going Postal 2831 Comments

Greeting, pop pickers, and please be welcome to this week’s fabulously flamboyant Friday. Ah, the 1970s… A splendid decade. But they weren’t just about Ford Cortinas, Vesta curries, platform shoes, ludicrous flares, questionable facial hair, [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Railway Review

2nd May 2025 Always Worth Saying 3369 Comments

Apologies for last week’s Railway Review, which was far too populist. An article on a mineral railway in Northern Brazil is exactly the type of thing you might read about in a 1960s edition of [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Nine

1st May 2025 Going Postal 2638 Comments

The last full day of the cruise was a sea day as the ship chugged the 150 miles from Martinique to Barbados very slowly. The twins spent the morning by the pool with everyone else, [more…]

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On Greenlaning

1st May 2025 Going Postal 2448 Comments

Greenlaning, the driving of motorised vehicles on the approximately 6,000 miles of tracks, paths and byways with legal rights of way in England & Wales, can be understandably controversial. This article will not explore the [more…]

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