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Book Review: The Jaggard Case

23rd October 2023 Going Postal 0

The Jaggard Case is book number 10 in a series written by author J.C. Briggs. Set in Victorian London the series describes the adventures of one Charles Dickens (yes, that Charles Dickens) who has turned [more…]

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Book Review: This Perfect Day by Ira Levin

5th October 2023 Going Postal 0

Christ, Marx, Wood and Wei, Led us too this perfect day. Marx, Wood, Wei and Christ, All but Wei were sacrificed. Wood, Wei, Christ and Marx, Gave us lovely schools and parks. Wei, Christ, Marx [more…]

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‘Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop?’ By Chris van Tulleken

14th September 2023 Going Postal 0

Ultra-Processed Foods have been getting a lot more press recently and I’d been wanting to know more about the subject beyond the few articles I’d read and this book seemed as good as any.  The [more…]

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Book Review: Across Atlantic Ice: the origin of America’s Clovis culture

14th August 2023 Going Postal 0

Half an academic dry tome and half one of the most exciting books I’ve ever read, this book lays out the evidence for what is known as ‘the Solutrean hypothesis’. It’s basically trying to answer [more…]

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Single World Fiat Currency

15th May 2023 Patrick Barron 0

Thorsten Polleit’s recent essay, The Road to a Single Fiat World Currency, explains the dangers of the current trend in the West to eliminate cash and create a world fiat currency in the place of [more…]

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Furst amongst equals

19th April 2023 Going Postal 0

There are spy novels…. & novels about spies. Fleming, Deighton & Le Carre definitely wrote the former (& in doing so laid bare their inner classist prejudices) , whilst Ambler, Greene, & Conrad constructed far [more…]

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Brexit Unmasked: The memoirs and opinions of a nonagenarian

11th April 2023 Going Postal 0

A few weeks ago, Swiss Bob was asked to review a book advocating re-joining the EU: Brexit Unmasked by Albert Kemp (Brown Dog Books, 2023). I don’t know if this unusual request was in recognition [more…]

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The Young H.G. Wells by Clare Tomalin. Viking: 2021

27th March 2023 Going Postal 0

I’m sure many people are familiar with H.G. Wells’ science fiction output, with novels like The War of the Worlds, The Shape of Things to Come, The Invisible Man, The Sleeper Awakes (which some have [more…]

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Writing – a few tips

25th March 2023 Going Postal 0

I’ve often heard Puffins lament that they would like to contribute articles to our esteemed website but are too daunted. So, I thought I’d share a few tips to encourage more Puffins to pick up [more…]

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