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There are more things…

29th July 2024 Going Postal 3111 Comments

First an apology. I was going to insert photos into this piece, but the ones I took were rubbish and not wishing to compromise SB’s site with unauthorised clips I gave up with the visuals. [more…]

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Postcard From The Scottish Reformation

15th June 2024 Always Worth Saying 2356 Comments

I have a strange sensation in my trousers while strolling Edinburgh’s Royal Mile arm in arm with Mrs AWS. Behave yourselves. Regular readers will be unsurprised to learn my work colleagues pay me not to [more…]

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Postcard From The King’s Gallery

1st June 2024 Always Worth Saying 1600 Comments

On our day trip to Edinburgh, Mrs AWS and I de-trained on Waverley’s Platform 9 at 12:17 prompt. While a disappointing first-class breakfast rattled in our tums, we allowed ourselves to be swept out of [more…]

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Henry VIII’s Six Marriages

26th February 2024 Going Postal 2260 Comments

Like them or loathe them, royals seem to occupy a perennially-popular position in our national consciousness, and royal gossip even more so. We also seem fascinated as a country by our history, and by how [more…]

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Miguel de Cervantes

19th September 2023 Going Postal 1972 Comments

Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcala de Henares on the 29th September 1547, the second son of Rodrigo de Cervantes and Leonor de Cortinas. His father led a precarious and unsettled life as an [more…]

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The History of the Pencil

25th June 2023 Tachybaptus 2866 Comments

Before the pencil Pens and ink have been in existence for a very long time, being used by the ancient Egyptians for writing and drawing on papyrus, a papery substance made by beating reeds flat. [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse;Thoughts On Life (And Death)

20th June 2023 Colin Cross 2766 Comments

Why a Puffin you may (or may not) be asking yourselves, but there’s no great mystery or even significance behind the header picture of my latest ramblings being of our “Spirit” bird. I’ve made the [more…]

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The Amazing Life (And Death) of Xpoual (Es-po-al) De Colon

26th September 2022 Going Postal 3142 Comments

There is no definitive date for the birth of Xpoual de Colon. It is believed he was born between August 26th and October 31st in 1451 in Genoa, although there are also claims that he [more…]

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The Troubled History of the Potato

17th September 2020 Tachybaptus 2443 Comments

The potato is a native of the high Andes, a low-growing plant (Solanum tuberosum) with pretty purple flowers and round black fruits. To survive in its harsh environment it has evolved the habit of growing [more…]

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