Culture

This Septic Eye, Ch 7

24th April 2018 Going Postal 0

I love to eavesdrop, I’ve mentioned this in previous posts and it’s not a creepy thing, it’s just that when people are ‘off duty’, when they are talking to friends without the filter of society’s [more…]

This Septic Eye, Ch 6

17th April 2018 Going Postal 0

With sincere apologies, I don’t feel very flippant this week, the continuation of carnage in our capital city, combined with the narcissism of the spiritless, spineless, succubus that claims to serve us has cast a [more…]

The Organ (v)

15th April 2018 Going Postal 0

But for Barker’s invention (plagiarising?) of the pneumatic lever that Cavaillé-Coll had made such use of in St. Sulpice, such vast organs, using such high wind-pressures, would not have been practicable – no organist would [more…]

Family, Community, Identity

4th April 2018 Going Postal 0

My Mum was born on 7th May 1945. My Nan (quite the socialite) used to complain that on the day of the biggest party ever she was stuck in a hospital with a new born [more…]

This Septic Eye, Ch 4

27th March 2018 Going Postal 0

A bloodshot view through a puffy eye streaming with tears, usually of laughter, occasionally of anger. Rather reluctantly, I attended a Mothering Sunday lunch last week. I have nothing against mothers per se, let me [more…]

The Organ (iv)

25th March 2018 Going Postal 0

By about 1850, not only had large numbers of Cathedral Organs been re-built, incorporating the latest mechanical contrivances, and improvements in terms of type and range of sounds, but many Parish Churches, too, had had [more…]

When Martin Didn’t Meet Tommy – Speakers’ Corner

24th March 2018 Going Postal 0

I started this piece last Sunday night, after the event, and was intending to finish it up and send it to Swiss Bob early in the week. But we all know what happened next. On [more…]

The Electric Guitar

23rd March 2018 Going Postal 0

The one on the left is a Gibson Les Paul, introduced in 1952. The one on the right is a Fender Stratocaster (“Strat”), introduced in 1954. Why don’t they sound the same? Two electric guitars. [more…]

Arts

Welcome to the GP Forums

22nd March 2018 Swiss Bob 0

Firstly, there is no intent to move commenting to the forum. Comments on the forum use a different comment system and you will need to register. Some authors already have logins and if you haven’t [more…]

Conflating Different Immigration Scenarios For Political Purpose

22nd March 2018 Going Postal 0

All politicians do this. All SJWs use this argument. Oh woe is me, those poor refugees coming to us by donkey, aardvark, camel and toe are helping us to become more multi-cultural, more accepting of [more…]

This Septic Eye, Ch 3

20th March 2018 Going Postal 0

Something truly remarkable happened last Sunday and it featured in every newspaper and TV station in the land. Under the circumstances I thought I would devote this entire section of Septic Eye to this extraordinary [more…]

Sheds

19th March 2018 Colin Cross 0

As I get older I find myself, more and more, thinking about how different life was in the 1950’s and 60’s and also how, through the eyes of a child, things seemed so very simple. [more…]

The Battle of Speakers’ Corner

18th March 2018 Swiss Bob 0

For further information see here:- Detention of Martin Sellner and Brittany Pettibone And here:- Tommy Robinson ‘Forced by Police to Leave Speakers’ Corner Ahead of Free Speech Talk’ https://t.co/kqMbUj4Hrc via @BreitbartNews — Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 [more…]