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Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Eighty-Seven

14th May 2023 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning my friends, that weekend went so quickly, but at least it’s a bank holiday and it should be an easy day. I woke up to sun streaming in through the kitchen window, [more…]

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Detour To The Eternal City

13th May 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

We interrupt my grandparents’ 1950s Continental road trip to bring Puffins a contemporary photo montage just arrived via that modern-day family photo album that is Instant Messenger. Inspired by childhood dinner table tall tales of [more…]

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Postcard From Manipur

10th May 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

In seach of a hidden gem “Lucky bugger,” muttered Swiss Bob as he sat beside the log fire at the staff end of the Explorer’s Room in the exclusive Going Post Gentleman’s (Ladies welcome) Club [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; On Matters Monarchical And Sartorial

9th May 2023 Colin Cross 0

The sheep are back. The rent for the ground is conditional, a bit like having a caravan at the seaside, on it only being “occupied” for a maximum ten months of the year. Consequently, although [more…]

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Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Eighty-Six

7th May 2023 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning happy readers and welcome to another week’s diary entries from your cat reporter. It was a strange day yesterday, first it rained hard, then it was sunny for a couple of hours, [more…]

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Through The Mountains To Piedmont

6th May 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Essentially hill and lake people, and having traversed the French and Italian Rivieras during their 1958 Ford Prefect continental road trip, my grandparents headed inland in search of inclines and hairpin bends. Col de Tende [more…]

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This Sporting Life – Chapter 4

5th May 2023 Going Postal 0

Firstly, I hoped you thoroughly enjoyed my first few articles covering the two key national hunt festivals in the UK. Now that the dust has settled on the recent Aintree Grand National and a belated [more…]

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Drawing With Pastels

30th April 2023 Blown Periphery 0

In part two of this series I’d like to introduce the joys and messiness of drawing with soft pastels. The pastels I use are chalk based, although some are oil-based and therefore more like crayons. [more…]

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Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Eighty-Five

30th April 2023 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning merry readers. I don’t know why but something woke me early from my slumbers. Anyway, I ventured into the back garden and there was a grey tree rat on the bird feeder. [more…]

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