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Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Thirty Eight

10th April 2022 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning people. I was a bit lost yesterday when the Dreamies Girl turned up to give me my breakfast Felix. My internal clock told me she was an hour early and I was [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Three, Chapter Fourteen

8th April 2022 Going Postal 0

Jinnie’s team had planned the mission well so far, the resistance had a car waiting for her on the beach road and she was in it and heading for Le Havre and a Paris train [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

8th April 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 7th April 2022 The Panel: Gregg Hands (Conservative) Emily Thornberry (Labour) Justin Welby (Archbishop of Canterbury) Zing Tsjeng (VICE UK) Dan Hodges (Mail on Sunday) Venue: Canterbury Back in the day, when an [more…]

20th Century

The Crime Reporter, Part 1

6th April 2022 Going Postal 0

Another chapter from “Special Assignment” by my uncle John Alldridge (published in 1960 and now long out of print) As long as there have been newspapers there have been crime reporters. For crime is as [more…]

Authoritarianism

A View From The Greenhouse; The Truth Of The Matter

5th April 2022 Colin Cross 0

I’ve mentioned the “yawk” up before, although it’s fair to say I may have miss-spelled it in the past. Suffice to say, the term has nothing whatsoever to do with the fine city of York [more…]

Fiction

Nanny Knows Best – Prologue

4th April 2022 Going Postal 0

“And when we were children, staying at the archduke’s, My cousin’s, he took me out on a sled, And I was frightened.” The Client gurgled in satisfaction as Nanny eased him back into his Chair™ [more…]

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The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 31

3rd April 2022 Blown Periphery 0

The Thames Valley and North Devon The endgame and the cat who walks on his own Edge felt the exhaustion wash over him in the claustrophobic interview room. The two, armed plod didn’t help and [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Thirty Seven

3rd April 2022 Going Postal 0

Monday Morning all, another pleasant morning. This is my sort of weather dry and mild. I don’t like it cold, I don’t like it hot and I certainly don’t like it wet. In the future [more…]

Literature

Language today! Progress? No!

2nd April 2022 Fred Brownbill 0

I do not know about you all but I am disgusted daily at what passes as normal and correct language. Swear words are the normal. I understand having been many years military and law enforcement [more…]

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