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The War Correspondent, Part One

5th May 2022 Going Postal 0

Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) When the first great war correspondent, William Howard Russell, went out to the Crimea for the [more…]

20th Century

The Woman Reporter, Part Two

28th April 2022 Going Postal 0

Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) One august day in 1947 a young girl with long legs and a mop of unruly [more…]

20th Century

The Woman Reporter, Part One

21st April 2022 Going Postal 0

Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) No Half-Way For Ladies When I got my first job on a newspaper twenty-five years ago [more…]

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The Making of Question Time Review

15th April 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

In the un-read comments beneath Going-Postal’s weekly unread Question Time Review, Puffin’s ask how is it done? Or rather, why is it done? Even, why bother doing it? No matter. Perhaps answering the first unread [more…]

20th Century

The Crime Reporter, Part 2

13th April 2022 Going Postal 0

Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) When people think of the crime reporter they associate him inevitably with the hurly-burly of Fleet [more…]

20th Century

The Reimagining of Nora Baker

12th April 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Nora Baker was born in Moscow on New Years’ Day 1914. Her mother was Ora Ray Baker, an American from Albuquerque, New Mexico. During her peripatetic early years, Nora was raised in London’s Bloomsberry and [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

8th April 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 7th April 2022 The Panel: Gregg Hands (Conservative) Emily Thornberry (Labour) Justin Welby (Archbishop of Canterbury) Zing Tsjeng (VICE UK) Dan Hodges (Mail on Sunday) Venue: Canterbury Back in the day, when an [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; The Truth Of The Matter

5th April 2022 Colin Cross 0

I’ve mentioned the “yawk” up before, although it’s fair to say I may have miss-spelled it in the past. Suffice to say, the term has nothing whatsoever to do with the fine city of York [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

1st April 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 31st March 2022 The Panel: Maria Caulfield (Conservative) Steve Reed (Labour) Julia Hartley-Brewer (Broadcaster) Zanny Minton Beddoes (The Economist) Ian Blackford (SNP) Venue: Bath This week’s Question Time took place in front of [more…]

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