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20th December 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Thank you for all your contributions below the line on last week’s article about my dreadful spelling. Turns out I don’t have some bizarre neurological condition after all; rather, I’m just like the rest of [more…]

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Overland to Russia, Part Four

16th December 2025 Joe Slater 0

How popular is Putin really? Before trying to answer this, a bit of background is needed. The political landscape of Russia is not really comparable with, say, Britain or France, where the mechanism of democracy [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Nine

14th December 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning my friends, it is yet another wet and dreary morning here in Downing Street and it was truly nasty when I went down to the bottom of the garden behind the gardener’s [more…]

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Desert Mystery: Wrecked in The Desert

10th December 2025 Going Postal 0

Amongst my collection of original photographs taken during the Desert War by members of the Deutsche Afrika Korps, I have several of wrecked aircraft but most are usually burnt out and, except to an aviation [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Eight

7th December 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning my friends, and welcome to another week of my musings. Bright and sunny this morning, but it is colder than yesterday. So Legohead thinks that being critical of Robber Reeves is sexist. [more…]

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Christmas Transport Catastrophe!

6th December 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

A catastrophic disaster unparalleled in the history of transport unravelled itself towards the tail end of 2025. This threatens to ruin every little boy’s Christmas. Or does it? In fits and starts from the end [more…]

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Overland to Russia, Part Three

2nd December 2025 Joe Slater 0

“So how are things in Russia today?” The taxi driver was a burly, working-class man in his 50s; I imagined a brickie now too old for the game. He thought briefly and mumbled a reply [more…]

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An odd obsession

1st December 2025 Going Postal 0

There is a saying that one chainsaw is too many, but 10 is not enough…. I have fidddled about with mechanical things all my life – not only because of the enjoyment but because of [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Seven

30th November 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning my friends, dry but very chilly this morning when I popped out. The story doing the rounds here in Number 10 is that the Ginger Growler is on manoeuvres to challenge Legohead [more…]

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