19th Century
Clevedon Pier
Clevedon is a small town in North Somerset, located on the English side of the Bristol Channel approximately 15 miles west of Bristol. It has a wonderful pier with an interesting history which I thought [more…]
History
20th Century
Book Review: Patrick Leigh-Fermor’s A Time of Gifts Trilogy
Frequenters of Going Postal, being a generally knowledgeable lot, may well have heard of Patrick Leigh Fermor and, if not, will probably be familiar with the war film ‘Ill Met by Moonlight’ (starring Dirk Bogarde) [more…]
20th Century
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1990
A History of Pop Music Albums – 1990 Featured Album: The Very Best of Elton John This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Sixteen
Jinnie was still looking out of the window when she sensed a movement at her side. Her dad had silently joined her and was also looking out at the valley. Suddenly another pair of fast [more…]
20th Century
The Bomber Command and USAAF Bombing of Dresden, 13-15th February 1945
Pre-Op Test Flights and Briefings On the morning of 13th February it was cold with rain in the Lincolnshire Wolds, after an extremely cold January with a mean temperature of -2 degrees Celsius. By the [more…]
20th Century
SS Gairsoppa
The SS Gairsoppa was a British steam merchant ship launched in 1919 and built in Jarrow by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd at the request of the British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd. Initially [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Romania – Part One
Almost the first question we are asked whenever we mention that we’ve visited Romania on several occasions is ‘why on earth would you want to go there’? That’s often followed by ‘isn’t it really poor [more…]
Authoritarianism
Book Review: Why the Germans do it better
Sorry. This is not a book review. See SB for a refund. But the title of the book in question is amusing. There is no doubt that, indeed, Germans do some things so much better [more…]
Arts
The Year Turns, part 5
Beltane This important festival has been reinvented umpteen times throughout the ages. I knew it from childhood as May Day. On a couple of occasions while at primary school our class was forced to dance [more…]