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17th Century

Sir John Vanbrugh – The Supreme Schemer

3rd May 2023 Going Postal 0

Its walls and towers stare down – rather snootily it could be said – from Maze Hill, over the lesser buildings clustering round its feet on the edge of Greenwich Common. Opposite, Canary Wharf’s ghostly-looking, [more…]

20th Century

This Is My England, Part Ten

30th April 2023 Going Postal 0

If there was one place in England I did not intend to visit it was Clovelly. I knew just what to expect: I have seen that quaint little High Street, climbing like Jacob’s ladder from [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Eighty-Five

30th April 2023 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning merry readers. I don’t know why but something woke me early from my slumbers. Anyway, I ventured into the back garden and there was a grey tree rat on the bird feeder. [more…]

Biography

Trade Plating Around England, Part Five

29th April 2023 Going Postal 0

This time, We go digital and getting between jobs   Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. Part one is here [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

28th April 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 27th April 2023 The Panel: Rachel Maclean (Conservative) Lisa Nandy (Labour) Layla Moran (LibDem) Camilla Tominey (Journalist) Venue: Greenford There is a spat on my ‘1970s Football Terraces, Floodlight Pylons and Belfast Roofs’ [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Five, Chapter Nine

27th April 2023 Going Postal 0

The new building was progressing leaps and bounds. Nigel wanted to start off the site visit in the computer room. It was a hive of activity, Nigel pointed out several racks where servers were humming [more…]

Diary

A View From The Greenhouse; The Un-flushable Turd

25th April 2023 Colin Cross 0

Life carries on apace and although the weather still refuses to settle down, there’s always time in my horrendously busy schedule to take a walk, often with my camera and occasionally with a group of [more…]

20th Century

How Is The Health Service Working?

25th April 2023 Going Postal 0

In September 1948, a few weeks after its launch, John Alldridge set out to answer this question – His findings make very interesting reading 75 years later – Jerry F On Monday, July 5, nearly [more…]

20th Century

This Is My England, Part Nine

23rd April 2023 Going Postal 0

From the tip of Land’s End on a fine spring morning you may look down on a sea that can be as calm and clear as a mill pond. From that height the Atlantic is [more…]

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