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The Detritus of Death

30th August 2022 Going Postal 0

I was thinking about a title for this article for some time and “The Detritus of Death” was the best I could come up with – even if it does sound like a Doctor Who [more…]

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Towers And Lovers

26th August 2022 Going Postal 0

The train from Cartagena is eleven minutes late arriving into Alicante and almost twenty minutes behind schedule by the time it leaves for Zaragoza. Not that anyone minds, it is the way of the things [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; Murder Most Foul

23rd August 2022 Colin Cross 0

It’s that time again; when we get so far into the season it’s hard to think of “interesting” things to write about where vegetables are concerned, that I haven’t already mentioned at least  half a [more…]

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In Defence of Kipling

14th August 2022 Going Postal 0

‘When the Rudyards cease their Kipling, and the Haggards ride no more…’ was a favoured line in the era of post Imperial breast-beating, when this voluminous and best-selling writer, both in verse and prose was [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; Show Edition (Genies And Bottles)

9th August 2022 Colin Cross 0

It’s that time of year again, the ground is supposed to be fecund with the results of six months of rough, lazy gardening, the freezers should be bulging and the soup pan should be constantly [more…]

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Set in Stone

2nd August 2022 SharpieType301 0

This tale begins, as so many tales do, on a dismal winter’s day. This particular day, a miserably chilly and grey February one, was a decidedly rubbish day. Not only had Mr S and I [more…]

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Long memories at Clashanimud

28th July 2022 Going Postal 0

We are often now asked to believe that European countries have no culture, or even any connection to their own pasts – that they are all lands of immigrants, blank sheets on which anything can [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; An Veritable Wall Of Stone, Innit?

26th July 2022 Colin Cross 0

I’ve been enduring enforced “bachelorhood” this week, as Mrs. C, unwisely a it turns out, has accompanied daughter number two on short visit to Canada, where she’s a bridesmaid for a friend she met whilst [more…]

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Review: 120 Days of Sodom by The Marquis De Sade

21st July 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Just as an 18th century Président may stalk provincial France looking for innocents to corrupt, so bots chew their way through blogs looking for relevant wares to advertise. We must proceed with caution. On these [more…]

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