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The Man Who Played Ross – Part 19

16th May 2021 Blown Periphery 3187 Comments

Basra October 2005 At 07:30 local Jarvis was dreaming he was lying next to Bluma in a requisitioned hotel. He could tell it was Africa because of the hot, cloying air. There was a terrible [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Ninety Three

16th May 2021 Going Postal 2311 Comments

Monday Good morning merry readers. It’s not very busy in the Downing Street today, I understand it’s another bank holiday. That must be why it’s cold and rain is forecast, it’s traditional for a bank [more…]

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The Swaling, Part Fifty Five

15th May 2021 Always Worth Saying 2553 Comments

Myself and my colleague Natasha Williams are at our department’s private election night party at a packed and noisy Dolphin Square bistro. In the early hours of the tenth of June nineteen eighty-three, a colour [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Seventeen

14th May 2021 Going Postal 2501 Comments

In the channel on Commander Peter Dobiecki’s submarine Agamemnon the sensors picked up four sets of propellers and engines. The computer matched the acoustic signatures to German Navy vessels, a diesel submarine, a frigate and [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

14th May 2021 Always Worth Saying 1728 Comments

Question Time 13th May 2021 Panel: Robert Buckland (Conservative) Lisa Nandy (Labour) Michelle Dewberry (GB News) Paul Mason (Journalist) Kate Forbes (SNP) Venue: London Never mind that, Puffins want to know about this humble reviewer’s [more…]

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Misdiagnosis

12th May 2021 Going Postal 3305 Comments

It was 05:45 on a Wednesday morning, in the spring of 2012, when my radio alarm woke me up at my normal time to get ready for work. I immediately realised something was badly wrong. [more…]

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Sailing my life away, part 14

11th May 2021 Ancient Mariner 3585 Comments

RESPONSE TO COMMENTS ON PART 13 Once again I thank those who commented on Part 13 and particularly the three or four who correctly pointed out my mistake in inverting the description of the speed [more…]

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The Man Who Played Ross – Part 18

9th May 2021 Blown Periphery 2920 Comments

Operation Hussite – October 2005 Jarvis was having a late morning in his flat at Abergavenny, watching the young woman make them brunch. He had to admit that she was very easy on the eye, [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Ninety Two

9th May 2021 Going Postal 2065 Comments

Monday Morning everyone, another nice sunny morning, but a bit windy. It ruffled my fur when I went out before my Felix. I forgot to mention that one day last week something went wrong with [more…]

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