Culture

Postcard from Lille Part 59

11th April 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

I’m at my Utopia, a community in the jungle that I have supported, a place of peace and harmony between peoples. It has been trashed. The Utopians have fought amongst themselves, wrecked the place and [more…]

Postcard from the Past: Ailsa Craig

6th April 2020 Going Postal 0

Most people will be familiar with Ailsa Craig as the big rock on the horizon during the ferry journey between Loch Ryan in Galloway and Ulster. It stands as a sentinel at the seaward end [more…]

My Garden

5th April 2020 Going Postal 0

Spring is well and truly here and the garden in Reggie Towers is starting to come to life and looking rather splendid. Here are some pictures for you to look at whilst you while away [more…]

Postcard from Lille Part 58

4th April 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

I’m sitting at the edge of a thinning of the rainforest. My two tail-end Charlies are squatted beside me having just returned from an evening recce. Our other companions are making camp for the night, [more…]

Septic Eye – China Murders the World Pullout Special (free gift inside)

3rd April 2020 Viciousbutfair 0

Readers fresh to GP may not be aware but I produced a stunning series some while ago, exclusively for the discerning readers of this blog (the others, you know who you are, mostly ignored it). [more…]

The telephone rings

1st April 2020 Going Postal 0

Scammer (for it is she): “Hello Sir, I’m calling about the accident you had recently which wasn’t your fault” Grimy Miner: “Yes”? S: “Can you tall me something about the accident”? GM: “Well lass, Ah [more…]

Postcard from Lille Part 57

28th March 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

A funny thing happened on the way to Lille university. Funny for the rest of us but not so funny for my wife. She got stuck in the Metro’s automatic doors. They closed on her [more…]

V Discs

27th March 2020 Going Postal 0

“V” or “Victory Discs” were a development of an idea originally cooked up in 1941 by thee US Army’s Recreation and Welfare Section and the were based on the thought that recordings of military band [more…]

Trump and the China Virus. A Glitch in the Matrix 2020

25th March 2020 James Dalton 0

You have to hand it to them. To politicians and journalists in the pockets of worldwide big money. They know exactly what they are doing – and the world succumbs. “Even when the squirrel really [more…]