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Postcard from Lille, Part 51

15th February 2020 Always Worth Saying 4296 Comments

I’m in my room, above my ‘Anglo Philippine’ office, in the Durian building in Davao City, in the wild south of the Philippine Islands. It is siesta time and I’ve been interrupted again, despite barricading [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Twenty Five

9th February 2020 Going Postal 2708 Comments

Monday Good Morning merry readers and welcome to another week in Westminster. Not a lot happening here this morning. Felix chicken for breakfast as Bozzie is listening to LBC, shouting at the Mutt to stop [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Twenty Four

2nd February 2020 Going Postal 5121 Comments

Monday Well, my diary collaborator, WG, got back from his holiday yesterday but when I contacted him all l got was a few grunts, I suspect he was a bit jet lagged! He wasn’t the [more…]

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23rd January 2020 Colin Cross 2689 Comments

Then “Now then our Colin, what is it tha’s thinking about doing when tha’ leaves school”. The question came completely out of the blue. It was Saturday morning and Colin was in the cobblers shed [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Fourteen

8th December 2019 Going Postal 2008 Comments

Monday As usual it’s been a fairly uneventful weekend here on the Downing Street estate. I caught sight of a mouse in the garden yesterday, but it shot into the Foreign Office so I left [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Thirteen

1st December 2019 Going Postal 1946 Comments

Monday It was a pretty quiet day yesterday so I was able to laze around a bit. I undertook a few patrols of the estate just to make sure that Mickey and his mates weren’t [more…]

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Postcard From Zakynthos (Outtake)

18th November 2019 Colin Cross 2533 Comments

As I pointed out in my previous missive from Zakynthos, the weather for the Thursday of our Greek adventure wasn’t going to be anything to write home about (I’ve never let that stop me before) [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Twelve

17th November 2019 Going Postal 2077 Comments

Monday It’s a big day today, it’s the State Opening of Parliament, including a Queens Speech and Bozzie has got to look his best. I wonder if he’ll comb his hair? Will the Stinkies try to [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Eleven

10th November 2019 Going Postal 1525 Comments

Monday Up early to go on vermin patrol before Breakfast. I understand Bozzie’s off to visit yet another hospital, this time in a place called Watford. I really don’t know how many hospitals he’s visited [more…]

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