Travel – Going Postal

Postcard from Lille, Part 11

13th April 2019 Going Postal 0

You may wonder, dear reader, after ten episodes and a prologue, where all this is leading. It certainly doesn’t seem to be leading to Lille. Bear with me. You’ll recall that, for obvious reasons, the [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 10

6th April 2019 Going Postal 0

Previously I mentioned my ‘backs and forwards’ between the north of England across the Atlantic to North America. You may recall the ‘drink the air fare’ mile high club. These happened between the Pan Am [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 9

16th March 2019 Going Postal 0

On a previous trip across the English Channel many years ago, I was returning to England via Calais to Dover on the ferry as a foot passenger. I was sat on deck minding my own [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 8

9th March 2019 Going Postal 0

I’ve settled myself down in modest but adequate lodgings in Istanbul and get into the habit of a daily stroll just after sun down. It’s a five minute walk down to the Bosphorus where a [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 7

2nd March 2019 Going Postal 0

We’re off to Lille as a family group. We’re travelling by train the length of England from the Bad Lands to the White Cliffs of Dover. And, dear reader, if you will allow me to [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 6

23rd February 2019 Going Postal 0

We’re travelling the length of England from the Debatable lands to the white cliffs. We’re on the way to Lille but I’ve been distracted by an Arab girl who reminds me of an excellent pen, [more…]

Three Men on a Bike, Part Four

13th February 2019 Roger Ackroyd 0

Two weeks after setting forth from Croydon we finally free-wheeled into St.Nazaire on the southern coast of Brittany, somewhat short of our initial target of St.Tropez. The tandem and single bike had survived various alarms [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 5

9th February 2019 Going Postal 0

We are on our way to France as a family group. We are travelling first class and the serotonin is high. I’m a ‘look out of the window’ kind of person and, as we [more…]

Three Men on a Bike, Part Three

6th February 2019 Roger Ackroyd 0

Having recovered from the ravages of what we thought was pilchard food poisoning but was more likely some dodgy Camembert, and rested sufficiently at the Rouen youth hostel we ventured forth on Day 5 and [more…]

Tilda — A Comedy in Six Acts — 1.5

4th March 2017 0

ACT 1 SCENE 5 A Room at an Inn. RADIO and the PLAYERS are changing their Costumes. HOB, JESS and TILDA are disguised as Bears. A sound of Booing and Catcalling. Enter VIDEO, a PLAYER.
My Beautiful Calais Launderette

20th August 2016 0

to: letters@standard.co.uk date: Thur MAY 27, 2016 subject: My Beautiful Calais Launderette. Dear Sirs, With reference to your Shocking Picture In Last Nights edition, of ‘The Jungle’ and the Appalling conditions these abandoned shipwrecked vessels [more...]
The Politics of Hatred and Division

12th November 2016 0

I wrote a post which appeared on Kippers last article and I offer no apology for reprising it here because it got me thinking about how certain political and ideological systems can only thrive by [more...]
Postcard from Capstania

3rd July 2018 0

The recent bid for the FIFA World Cup by the little known People’s Republic of Capstania-Fullstrengthia has thrust this small but secretive country firmly into the spotlight. You can see their application Dear Hello FIFA [more...]
Jezza meets Khan

9th May 2016 0

Gazing smugly out over the River Thames through the wall-to-ceiling window of his spacious new office, Sadiq Khan threw his shiny Grenson brogues up on to the empty desk in front of him and cradled [more...]