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Letters from an Arbeitsmaid – Part One

17th February 2026 Going Postal 0

My series of articles Desert Mystery: Letters from a Feldgrau, was based upon the translation of FeldPost letters in my collection that Hans Coutandin, a soldier in the Deutsches Afrika Korps, had sent to Eva [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Fourteen

15th February 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

Monday Good morning, my friends. Today is a bit different, it is foggy! I do not think I have reported it being foggy in London since I started writing this diary, but it is not [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Thirteen

8th February 2026 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, my friends, and it’s grey and cold in the capital city this morning. I am rather looking forward to this week. Legohead is off to China for three days, then on to [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Twelve

1st February 2026 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, my friends, I am beginning to get back into the diary routine after my enforced break. I hear my scribe has got four cruises booked for June and Christmas this year and [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Eleven

25th January 2026 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, my friends. The cat is back with his political opinions and all the news that you might have missed. I have had a lovely rest while my scribe has been stuffing his [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Ten

21st December 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, my friends. It’s a bit damp and grey this morning, so I was up and down the garden very quickly before my breakfast, as I expected it to rain at any moment. [more…]

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The Party’s Over, It’s Time to Call It a Day

19th December 2025 Going Postal 0

When I handed in my resignation/retirement letter to the Head Teacher, Mrs Easthope, she agreed to move the usual end of term assembly from the morning to the afternoon. I wanted to give this speech, [more…]

Animals

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…]

Education

The Party’s Over, It’s Time to Call It a Day

12th December 2025 Going Postal 0

By March 2020 I’d been doing the job for over 9 yrs. We’d all seen the videos coming out of China, people falling down dead in the street, the welding of tower block doors and [more…]

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