Going Postal
  • Home
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Blog
  • Politics
    • Authoritarianism
    • Capitalism
    • Communism
    • Conservatives
    • Elections
    • European Union
    • Labour
    • Peace
    • Socialism
    • Terrorism
    • War
    • US
  • Economics
    • Business
    • Finance
    • Trading
  • Science
    • Engineering
    • Geology
    • Health
    • Physics
    • Mathematics
    • Space
    • Technology
  • History
    • English Civil War
    • 18th Century
    • 19th Century
    • 20th Century
    • WW I
    • WW II
    • The Cold War
  • Literature
    • Biography
    • Book Reviews
    • Fiction
    • Mystery
    • Poetry
    • Satire
    • Thriller
  • Forums
    • Campaigning
    • Competitions
    • Culture
    • Current Affairs
    • Elections
    • GP Events
    • Media Shows & Appearances
    • Publishing
    • Welcome
  • Merchandise
    • Trump Mugs and Tee Shirts
    • Custom Mug
    • GP Mugs
    • GP Coasters
    • GP Books
    • GP Keyrings

Music

Arts

Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – 1972 And All That

7th February 2025 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday proudly delivers yet another light-loafered, groin-polished googly from the gasworks end of musical magnificence. I’ve recently been re-reading David Hepworth’s rather [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1971

31st January 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Slade: Cuz I Love You This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it. [more…]

Arts

Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Ivory Cutlery’s Day Off Pt. 3

24th January 2025 Going Postal 0

Greetings pop pickers and please be welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday and another of our fortnightly mastications upon the marshmallowy pillows of musical magnificence. Tonight, dear reader, as we mark both Peanut Butter Day [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1970

17th January 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song:  Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they [more…]

Arts

Happy Margaret Thatcher Day!

10th January 2025 Going Postal 0

My dear old boy – Delighted to say we are back at last. Safe and sound in dear old Blighty after a perfectly hideous 16000 mile round trip to the arse end of the world [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – 1969

3rd January 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped [more…]

Arts

Fabulously Festive Fridays – Who? What? Meh… Needs More Cowbell – Part 7

27th December 2024 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Festive Friday proudly presents yet another march of the muscle Marys up the salubrious passage of contemporary culture. As you brace yourselves for [more…]

Arts

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

25th December 2024 OldTrout 0

Painted in about 1470/75, it is in the National Gallery. In memory of Caroline Catherine McNicholas 2nd October 1957 – 3rd January 2022   OldTrout  

Arts

Silent Night (Stille-Nacht-Kapelle)

24th December 2024 OldTrout 0

The Silent Night Chapel (Stille-Nacht-Kapelle) is located in the town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg in the Austrian province of Salzburg, and is a monument to the Christmas carol Silent Night and its librettist, Joseph Mohr [more…]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 8 9 10 … 44 »

Latest Articles

  • TwelvetyD Chess – DJT 2.0
    21st April 2026 0
  • Tomorrow’s Another Day
    20th April 2026 0
  • Was the US/Israeli Attack on Iran Necessary?
    20th April 2026 0
  • Holmes and Watson
    The Scrapbook of Sherlock Holmes, 2/6: The Missing Archbishop. Part 1 of 2
    19th April 2026 0
  • Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Twenty-Three
    19th April 2026 0
  • The Little Things
    18th April 2026 0
  • On Dangerous Ground, Chapter Fifteen
    18th April 2026 0

GP on Twitter

Tweets by GoingPostalBlog

Elsewhere on GP

  • The Desert War – March 1941

    17th March 2021 0
    Into March and while there is a bit of a lull in Libya, The Balkans start to figure large and Italian East Africa gets smaller and smaller. Let’s start with a look at Libya. The [more...]
  • Book Review: Soldaten, ‘On fighting, killing and dying’

    30th April 2025 0
    This book, originally published in 2012, is based on the discovery of transcripts of covert surveillance of German prisoners of war in WW2, found initially in archives in Great Britain and latterly in archives in [more...]
  • Going Postal with Question Time

    22nd October 2020 0
    Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents another hour of the same old faces, same old propaganda. On the panel are: Nicky Morgan, former secretary of state for Education and former culture secretary, [more...]
  • No Picture

    UK Since the Referendum-Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics

    16th December 2017 1,493
    (All data, graphs and figures from the Office for National Statistics. Available under the Open Government License.) Where to begin? The amount of disinformation before, during and after the referendum on EU membership has been [more...]
  • Jinnie

    Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Twenty-Six

    28th August 2025 0
    Jinnie couldn’t decide who was the most excited to be flying to Barbados, the twins or Cathy. Of course, the twins had flown there several times before, both on holiday and to pick up a [more...]

Articles by Author

  • 70s_girl
  • 1642again
  • 10210ken
  • Æthelberht
  • Alexsandr too
  • Always Worth Saying
  • Ancient Mariner
  • Ang Ryman
  • Annie Dee
  • AW Kamau
  • Bark Kantatas
  • Barbican
  • Bassman
  • Bergen
  • Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs
  • Bill Quango MP
  • Blown Periphery
  • Bobo
  • Chrissie
  • Churchills Shark
  • Colin Cross
  • Colliemum
  • Columba Palumbus
  • Cynic
  • Dalester
  • DH
  • Dixie
  • DJM
  • Dorset Knob
  • Doxie
  • Dr Mike Finnley
  • EJ – Wankpuffin
  • El Cnutador
  • Emile Woolf
  • Eraser of Love
  • Foxoles
  • Gillygangle
  • Gmbd
  • Godfrey Bloom
  • Grimy Miner
  • GrumpyAngler
  • Guardian Council
  • Ivory Cutlery
  • James Dalton
  • Jethro
  • Jerry F
  • Jerry Mandarin
  • JimmySP
  • Jim Walshe
  • Joe Slater
  • Joe Williams
  • John Booth
  • John Tull
  • Jonathon Davies
  • Judas was paid
  • Katabasis
  • Kent
  • Kipper
  • LetEnglandShake
  • Lugosi
  • Madam Revenant
  • Martin Mezger
  • Mr QM
  • Nautilus
  • NeverUpToTheJob
  • Noix
  • Northern man
  • Oddanatomy
  • OldTrout
  • Ozymandias
  • Paul_Southampton
  • Paul Wicker
  • Pete Plug
  • Phil the test manager
  • Rat Catcher
  • RedBudgie
  • Reggie
  • Roger Ackroyd
  • Rookwood
  • Ross
  • SharpieType301
  • Shibusa
  • Sunshine & Showers
  • Sweaty Dave
  • Tachybaptus
  • The Black Swan
  • The Buttscratcher Jimmy
  • Tom Pudding
  • Upset
  • Verax Cincinnatus
  • Viciousbutfair
  • Vir Cantium
  • \/()43 |_|K19
  • well_chuffed
  • William
  • WorthingGooner
  • Wycombewanderer

Archives

Contribute to GP

If you wish to make a contribution small and often would be preferable. Paypal accepts all sorts of payment methods.




In Pictures

  • Holmes and Watson
Meta
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
Sitemap
  • Home
  • Bash 2026
  • About
  • Contact
  • Support and Subscriptions
  • Moderation philosophy and policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disqus Help Page

Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes