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A View From (Just By) The Greenhouse; A Mini Postcard, A Lament

19th August 2025 Colin Cross 411 Comments

I saw the squirrel before it saw me. It loped towards me by the verge before turning into the yard and setting off up the path, where it was met by Burt and the B&M [more…]

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Book Review: On top of the world – Mallory and Irvine

19th August 2025 Going Postal 3126 Comments

With the somewhat macabre discovery of Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine’s foot, still in its boot, on Everest last October – Mallory’s body having been found some years before – my interest was awakened in the vast [more…]

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The History of Pop Music – 1984

15th August 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 2568 Comments

Featured song: Duran Duran – The Reflex 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…]

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4th August 2025 SharpieType301 2411 Comments

A sunny Sunday in July, and it turned into a pretty special day. In glorious summery weather, we got to ride on a couple of beautifully restored vintage seafront bus services running from just outside [more…]

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The History of Pop Music – 1983

1st August 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 2357 Comments

Featured song: Spandau Ballet – True 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. One [more…]

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Troublesome Afghanistan – 1895 to the Third Afghan War

26th July 2025 Always Worth Saying 2056 Comments

Drawing the line From 1895 until the Third Afghan War of 1919, Afghanistan experienced a period of relative political stability marked by attempts to consolidate internal control, manage external pressures, and maintain independence amid the [more…]

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An (Algaes’ Eye) View From The Greenhouse; An Civil Society….Innit?

22nd July 2025 Colin Cross 2607 Comments

I may have mentioned (I could check back, but I can’t be bothered) that we had an early harvest of small, not very tasty and far from sweet strawberries, following the early warm spell back [more…]

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The History of Pop Music – 1982

18th July 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 2502 Comments

Featured song: Madness – Madness – House of Fun 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…]

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Kill not cure: the economic prescriptions that failed

15th July 2025 Going Postal 2619 Comments

Introduction In my essay ‘From Socialism to Welfarism: the Betrayal of the Working Class’, I observed that the early socialist thinkers developed their ideas at the peak of the industrial revolution.  Socialist theory was therefore [more…]

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