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Callsign Revlon

24th November 2019 Æthelberht 2739 Comments

On 25th October 1994 29 year old US Navy Lieutenant Kara Hultgreen was killed whilst attempting to land on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean. The case remains highly controversial to [more…]

20th Century

The Sinking of the MS Estonia – 28th September 1994

21st November 2019 Blown Periphery 2679 Comments

The History of the MS Estonia On Wednesday 28th September 1994 at 01:50 (UTC +2) the MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea during a storm, on a routine crossing from the port of Tallinn [more…]

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Confessions of a Legitimate Bastard

11th November 2019 Rookwood 2658 Comments

Some of you will be expecting this article to be based around instructions on how to be an absolute, grade 1, greasy shit. Looking at the state of the UK over past few decades, there [more…]

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Postcard From Zakynthos

4th November 2019 Colin Cross 3012 Comments

It isn’t just about swanning around the Lake District, visiting friends in Devon, Air B&B’ing to Barcelona, holidaying on the West coast of Scotland  or nipping down to Essex for a couple of beers. There [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Ten

3rd November 2019 Going Postal 2104 Comments

Monday Another new week and still a stand-in feeding me, fortunately this one likes the radio on LBC and I can listen to Nick Ferrari while I eat. He had an interview with the Saj [more…]

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Queerness, Civilization and its Discontents

1st November 2019 honey the monster 3503 Comments

Foreward: I’m cross posting this in a couple of places. It’s bound to be a dramatically unpopular piece wherever I post it, but I’m providing it in hopes to stir thought on the subject, if [more…]

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The Erdington Chapter

31st October 2019 bobo 3751 Comments

‘Brothir, seyede Sir Launcelot, wyte you well I am full loth to departe out of thys reyllme, but that the Quene hath defended me so hyghly that mesemmeth she wyll nevir be my gode ladye [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Nine, Animal Prison

27th October 2019 Going Postal 2129 Comments

Monday I had a lovely day yesterday, it was so nice and peaceful here in Downing Street with Bozzie and the Otter away. I didn’t see Dilyn all day, I wonder if he is in [more…]

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Midlife and the search for the ‘Wild Man’

24th October 2019 Going Postal 3891 Comments

Midway in life’s journey, I found myself in a dark wood, having lost the way. -The Comedy of Dante Alighieri This perhaps an off-beat subject for GP, but one that affects everybody at some stage [more…]

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