20th Century
The Communists
One of the more well known spy stories in the 1920s was the ARCOS affair. ARCOS was the All Russian Co-operative Society and it handled trade between the USSR and the UK. Anything the USSR [more…]
History
History
First World War Myths Lies and Distortions
“War is too important to be left to the Generals.” Why should that be so? Is flying an aeroplane too important to be left to the pilot? Is neurosurgery too important to be left to [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music – 1955
Featured song: Bill Haley & His Comets with “Rock Around the Clock”. This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 [more…]
20th Century
Space Travel
It was the early evening of January 27th 1967. Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee had been in the Apollo capsule for six and a half hours conducting a full scale dress rehearsal of [more…]
19th Century
A Diversion From The Peak District To Canterbury?
Hello Postaliers. This article was due to be titled “A Postcard From The Peak District”, hopefully on a par with those tremendous journals of Puffins’ travel shenanigans. Last month we dragged the shed for a [more…]
History
The Communists
In November 1924 a very strange advert appeared in the communist leaning Daily Herald. Labour Group carrying out investigation would like to receive information and details from anyone who has had any dealings with any [more…]
19th Century
Down the rabbit hole, or Did Lewis Carroll ever visit Llandudno?
The Welsh seaside resort of Llandudno makes great play of its Lewis Carroll connection. In 1933, David Lloyd George unveiled a marble monument of The White Rabbit with a plaque stating “On this very shore [more…]
History
First World War Myths Lies and Distortions
The General (April 1917) ‘Good-morning, good-morning!’ the General said When we met him last week on our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of ‘em dead, And we’re cursing [more…]
History
What is the AfD and why is it so successful?
I guess that’s a question to which many people would like an answer. The first bit is quite easy, so let’s start with that. AfD stands for Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany). This is [more…]