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The Accidental Strength of the English Constitution

10th December 2025 Going Postal 0

The English constitution is often described as ‘unwritten,’ yet it has proved more durable than almost any codified rival. Its resilience does not stem from philosophical elegance or the vision of a single generation of [more…]

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The History of Pop Music – 1992

5th December 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: Guns N’ Roses – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door 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…]

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The Party’s Over, It’s Time to Call it a Day

5th December 2025 Going Postal 0

There are many reasons why I took on the job as caretaker. The school is just across the road, the pay is reasonable for the hours worked, I am, technically, my own boss and I [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

5th December 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 4th December 2025 The Panel: Mike Tapp (Labour) Kieran Mullan (Conservative) Daisy Cooper (LibDem) Zia Yusuf (Reform UK) Zack Polanski (Green Party) Venue: Dover Let’s play multicultural cricket. It’s been a while. Raven-haired [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Eight

4th December 2025 Going Postal 0

Jinnie stood in the queue at the Heathrow Artisan Sandwich shop waiting to be served. She rather liked the fact that she was queuing, it meant the branch was doing good business. Jinnie reached the [more…]

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A Trip to the Temple

3rd December 2025 Going Postal 0

London, despite its many many issues, is still a nice place to visit, to wonder at the beautiful architecture and to explore its history.  Of course you no longer expect to see many English people [more…]

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The Party’s Over, It’s Time to Call it a Day

29th November 2025 Going Postal 0

It never entered my mind that I would be doing this job for… checks retirement date …more than 15 years… It was around March and Mrs C. was working at the school as a dinner [more…]

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Fabulously Festive Fridays: NOT YET!!

28th November 2025 Going Postal 0

 Oh my gawd – he’s gorn early! Season’s greetings and Christmas apologies, pop pickers, and please be welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Festive Friday and another of our light-loafered, lubed-up googlies from the gasworks-end of musical [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

28th November 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 27th November 2025 The Panel: James Murray (Labour) Gareth Davies (Conservative) Calum Miller (LibDem) Sonia Sodha (Journalist) Luke Johnson (Businessman) Venue: Watford A glance at Wiki reveals Luke Johnson to be an ‘entrepreneur’, [more…]

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