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The Swaling, Part Seventy One

4th September 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Rose our maid woke me as the sun approached the yardarm and presented me with Mr Lee’s access all areas card. I walked across Dumfries Street towards the school for savants which was a one [more…]

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The Royal Ballet School

1st September 2021 Going Postal 0

Both Master and Miss Reggie took ballet lessons from an early age (Master Reggie starting at 5 and Miss Reggie at 4).  They showed a talent for dance from an early age and Mrs Reggie [more…]

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The Swaling, Part Seventy

28th August 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

As soon as Mr Hong Gildong allowed the doors to be opened, two hours after auctioneer Mr Tan had departed, there was a stampede along the dark and expensively carpeted secret underground passage that connected [more…]

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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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