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Joe Malone, Part Four

12th February 2019 Going Postal 0

An attractive blonde had surprised Private Eye Joe Malone as he was resting his hangover. She was standing in his Investigator’s office. Surveying him and her surroundings. Not quite sure if this oddly antique office [more…]

20th Century

Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Six

11th February 2019 Tom Pudding 0

Introduction Sometime in mid-2017 I casually remarked to the chap shooting at the next bench to me that I had long been fascinated by the Westley Richards ‘Monkey Tail’ transitional rifle but had never actually [more…]

19th Century

A Bear’s Diary – Part 8

10th February 2019 Tachybaptus 0

May 20th, 1809. We are at sea again – on a merchant ship, Pride of Scunthorpe, under the command of Jonas Swigger, a jovial captain who was more than happy to take us bears and [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 5

9th February 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

We are on our way to France as a family group. We are travelling first class and the serotonin is high. I’m a ‘look out of the window’ kind of person and, as we travel [more…]

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Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

8th February 2019 Roger Ackroyd 0

Question Time 7th February 2019 Venue: Motherwell Motherwell used to be the steel-making capital of Scotland. Ravenscraig was the main employer of some 13,000 people by the 1970’s but a disastrous strike of steel workers [more…]

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Going Postal with Question Time

7th February 2019 Going Postal 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents debate from Motherwell, with a panel of politicians wankpuffins and other guests facing topical questions from the audience. Set your Disqus comments to ‘newest’. Do not [more…]

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Joe Malone, Part Three

5th February 2019 Going Postal 0

This tale is in the near future. The United Kingdom has left and not left the European Union. The country is united by division. Everything is just like it is today, only more so. The [more…]

19th Century

Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Five

4th February 2019 Tom Pudding 0

Introduction By inducing a projectile to spin around its own axis its flight is stabilised and accuracy and range are vastly improved. Rifling a barrel by cutting spiral grooves in a variety of forms and [more…]

Arts

Postcard from Lille, Part 4

2nd February 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

We are a family group en route to the near continent travelling by first class train to London. It’s November and the English countryside is touched by frost and gentle mist. As we head south, [more…]

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