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Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Seven

30th November 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning my friends, dry but very chilly this morning when I popped out. The story doing the rounds here in Number 10 is that the Ginger Growler is on manoeuvres to challenge Legohead [more…]

Education

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

29th November 2025 Going Postal 0

It never entered my mind that I would be doing this job for… checks retirement date …more than 15 years… It was around March and Mrs C. was working at the school as a dinner [more…]

Fiction

Downfall, Chapter Seventeen

29th November 2025 Going Postal 0

He dropped off his case at Flemings Hotel and walked to the Home Office, he sat in one of the staff restaurants with a coffee, he was reluctant to go upstairs. He made a call [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

28th November 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 27th November 2025 The Panel: James Murray (Labour) Gareth Davies (Conservative) Calum Miller (LibDem) Sonia Sodha (Journalist) Luke Johnson (Businessman) Venue: Watford A glance at Wiki reveals Luke Johnson to be an ‘entrepreneur’, [more…]

Arts

Jinnie’s Story, Book Nine – Chapter Seven

27th November 2025 Going Postal 0

Jinnie sat in the back of Sir Nigel’s Rolls and watched the snowy Sussex countryside slid past. Much to the twins’ dismay the fall had been very light in the South unlike in the North [more…]

History

Postcard From Northumbria, Part Two

26th November 2025 Going Postal 0

The second half of our trip into Northumberland started with a drive into the countryside to the village of Heatherslaw which is the home of the furthest north narrow-gauge steam railway in England. The Heatherslaw [more…]

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A View From The Sofa; Ennui And Pain

25th November 2025 Colin Cross 0

I’ve hardly been out of the house since I got out of hospital. I’m sure some of you will know what it’s like, believing you’re fifty four when you’re actually twenty years older than that [more…]

Literature

Words, Part Five

23rd November 2025 Going Postal 0

Above the portico a flag-staff, bearing the Union Jack, remained fluttering in the flames for some time, but ultimately when it fell the crowds rent the air with shouts, and seemed to see significance in [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Six

23rd November 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning my friends, a horrible grey and wet morning today. It makes a change not to be reporting Legohead’s problems this morning but instead taking about the BBC. It is rudderless this morning, [more…]

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