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The Man Who Played Ross – Part 20

23rd May 2021 Blown Periphery 0

Operation Herrick VII December 2008 There was no special treatment this time. Just a flight out on the Wednesday Trooper from Brize Norton with their weapons bagged and they would be carried on board as [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Ninety Four

23rd May 2021 Going Postal 0

Monday I was delighted to see that it was lovely and sunny when I popped out for my pre-breakfast constitutional this morning. It was not as warm as it looked, but it was better in [more…]

Arts

The Swaling, Part Fifty Six

22nd May 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

My colleague Captain Davies and I are in the constituency office of wet Tory grandee Major Sir Fergus McDee MC MP. Three hundred miles to the south, former Prime Minister Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Eighteen

21st May 2021 Going Postal 0

It was less than 30 minutes later that the large Deutsche Gas van pulled up on the other side of the green in front of the Walsh’s home. Three of the biggest burliest gas fitters [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

21st May 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 20th May 2021 Panel: Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Devi Sridhar (Academic) Richard Walker (Retailer) Harriet Green (Buisnesswoman) Venue: London & Edinburgh Never mind that, Puffins want to know about my toothache. [more…]

Communism

Mrs. Ida Noodle, Dissident Cleaner

20th May 2021 Going Postal 0

Ida pushed the cottage door open, walked in and started looking around. The acrid smell inside was so overpowering that she hurried, nearly gagging, to open all the windows wide. Ida felt nervous: she had [more…]

Arts

Postcard from Romania – Part Two

19th May 2021 SharpieType301 0

Part One of the Postcard from Romania covered our arrival in the beautiful city of Cluj-Napoca, in May of 2018. In writing it, I tried to dispel just a little of the negative impression many [more…]

Arts

The Curtal – ‘False Idol’

19th May 2021 Going Postal 0

Working with data, akin to a science – I’m at odds with my natural leaning To the Arts.  A relentless march for proof: to reveal; to rend the veil; a reliance on progress I find [more…]

Cooking

Gardening In A Pandemic (Loves Labour Lost)

18th May 2021 Colin Cross 0

I’d enjoyed my seaside break but I was, as always, keen to get back and see what was happening in the greenhouse. The answer, at least that first few days, was plenty, including more weeds. [more…]

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