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The Swaling, Part Sixty Nine

21st August 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

We’re in the underground gaming room of the Lucky Saddle Craft Company, sat around the Kranji table. We being the unlikely finalists of an unlikely competition, raised from Singapore’s high and not so high society, [more…]

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Sorrows of a Language Lover

19th August 2021 Going Postal 0

The purpose of language is communication.  Anything which muddies the language is the enemy of communication, and something which deliberately obscures the meaning of the words is the work of the Devil. I want to [more…]

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The Swaling, Part Sixty Eight

14th August 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

“Point of order,” I called optimistically while raising my hand. “Mr Worth,” snapped Jeremy Tan, “you can’t have a point of order in an auction.” “We’re not in an auction,” I pointed out, “nobody’s made [more…]

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The Swaling, Part Sixty Seven

7th August 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Mr Hong Gildong opened the double doors of the Lucky Saddle Craft Company’s underground Salon Prive gaming room to reveal a diminutive figure wrapped in a sodden pac-a-mac. A hood was pulled over the face [more…]

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Postcard from Romania – Part Five

4th August 2021 SharpieType301 0

Part Four of this Postcard from Romania revealed the joys of First-Class train travel through the ever-changing landscapes of this beautiful country, and a taste of Ursus, Romania’s most popular brew. We’d arrived at our [more…]

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Postcard from Abergavenny

4th August 2021 Going Postal 0

Following on from my Postcard from Monmouth we decided our next ‘big day out’ would be to Abergavenny.  A place I’ve probably travelled through in the past but never visited. We crossed the Bristol Channel [more…]

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The Year Turns, Part 7

1st August 2021 Going Postal 0

Lughnasadh For me, this was always one of the festivals which seemed to slip under the radar. Which is a shame, because it’s a nice social time, with fun and games, and good food. Falling [more…]

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The Swaling, Part Sixty Six

31st July 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

“Mesdames et Messieurs, welcome to Le Salon Privé of the Lucky Saddle Craft Company, Geylang Road, Singapore. Are you ready to rumble? I said, are you ready to rumble?” Mr Tan was enjoying himself. A [more…]

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Eastern Tide Meets Western Shore – Part One

27th July 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong hills. The equator runs across these highlands a hundred miles to the north, and the farm lay at an altitude of over six [more…]

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