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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

2nd February 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 1st February 2024 The Panel: Malcolm Offord (Conservative) Ian Murray (Labour) Kate Forbes (SNP) Patrick Harvie (Greens) Fraser Nelson (The Spectator) Venue: Glasgow Kate Forbes (not her real name, Kate Elizabeth MacLennan), is [more…]

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Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part Three

31st January 2024 Going Postal 0

26th December – Boxing Day, La Romana, Dominican Republic I have only visited the Dominican Republic once before, when I stayed in an all-inclusive hotel in Puerto Plata many years ago and enjoyed it. Puerto [more…]

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The Return of the Native

30th January 2024 SharpieType301 0

Sorry to disappoint the diehard Thomas Hardy fans amongst you, but this has nothing at all to do with Clym Yeobright, Egdon Heath and the heathlands of Wessex, nor the love tangles and tragedies he [more…]

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Postcard from Saint Agnes

29th January 2024 Going Postal 0

I suppose the best way to start this article is to say it has almost nothing to do with St Agnes, the patron saint of girls, although rather weirdly I am unintentionally writing it on [more…]

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An Appointment at Noon

27th January 2024 Novak and Goode 0

The Medical Officer and the young lieutenant inspected the work of the firing party; “She’s still alive, the volley has failed to kill her said the MO,” the young lieutenant looked down at the sagging [more…]

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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Synth Pop Part Three – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

26th January 2024 Going Postal 0

Greetings pop pickers and welcome to another edition of Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – our occasional Campari and soda drenched probe into the rainbow and glitter world of artistes who are quite simply fabulous, darling. This [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

26th January 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 25th January 2024 The Panel: Alex Burghart (Conservative) Jonathan Ashworth (Labour) Bronwen Maddox (CEO of Chatham House) Sonia Sodha (Columnist and Author) Konstantin Kisin (Satirist and Podcaster) Venue: Gillingham Despite, or perhaps because [more…]

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No More Heroes Any More?

25th January 2024 Going Postal 0

The recent death of JPR spurred me on to complete an article I started a few months ago on the subject of childhood heroes.  I know for many JPR was a proper hero in the [more…]

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Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part Two

24th January 2024 Going Postal 0

Day 1 – 22nd December, Gatwick to Bridgetown Barbados My alarm woke me at 05:00. In no rush to get up, I lay there for 15 minutes before struggling out of bed. I showered and [more…]

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