Culture

I have been a fan of the cult sixties television series, The Prisoner, since it was re-shown in the Eighties. It fascinated me and fired up my intellectual reasoning like no other show I had [more…]

Brewery Bash 2020 – Post Mortem

19th July 2020 Going Postal 1092 Comments

A big thank you to all those who contributed to making the bash what it was this year, to those who came and those who couldn’t make it but supported the event anyway. I believe [more…]

The Swaling, Part Twelve

18th July 2020 Always Worth Saying 4017 Comments

If you’d visited Madrid’s Prado Gallery in the early 1980s, about a decade previous to (contrary to the artist’s wishes), it’s star attraction Picasso’s Guernica being moved to its own museum, you may have noticed [more…]

A Glass Half Full

17th July 2020 Going Postal 5572 Comments

In a previous article, I asked whether you had ever gazed into your pint and wondered about the beginnings of beer and brewing. This time, I’ll ask you another question. It’s about the pint pot [more…]

Postkarte aus Bochum (Woanders ist auch Scheiße)

16th July 2020 Going Postal 3257 Comments

Herbert Grönemeyer made this town a whole lot more famous with his 1984 album “4630 Bochum”. More of Herr G later, but where, I hear some of you ask, is this magical place of which [more…]

Kenneth (Ken) Essex Hits a Century!

10th July 2020 Going Postal 2786 Comments

Kenneth Essex, one of the most respected viola players of our time, celebrates his 100th birthday on Monday 20th July 2020. Born the son of a Co-op baker and confectionery manager in Hinkley, Leicestershire he [more…]

Wendyball and BLM

7th July 2020 Lugosi 3384 Comments

I write this article as Keir Starmer says he can’t support BLM due to their Marxist/Socialist ideas about defunding the police and Matt Le Tissier, a famous footballer and Sky TV soccer pundit questions whether [more…]

The Northern Ireland Housing Trust & Rathcoole estate (1945-1971)

6th July 2020 Always Worth Saying 2909 Comments

Between the wars, a big public housing build in other parts of the United Kingdom was not replicated in Northern Ireland. Nor had there been grants for slum clearance. What public housing there was, had [more…]