Health
Misdiagnosis
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…]
Literature
Biography
Sailing my life away, part 14
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…]
Fiction
The Man Who Played Ross – Part 18
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
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…]
20th Century
Book Review: Patrick Leigh-Fermor’s A Time of Gifts Trilogy
Frequenters of Going Postal, being a generally knowledgeable lot, may well have heard of Patrick Leigh Fermor and, if not, will probably be familiar with the war film ‘Ill Met by Moonlight’ (starring Dirk Bogarde) [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Fifty Four
Myself and my colleague Captain Davis are in the constituency office of Sleescale MP, Major Sir Fergus McDee MC. He is standing at the window facing into the room, eying us up. His secretary, Miss [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Sixteen
Jinnie was still looking out of the window when she sensed a movement at her side. Her dad had silently joined her and was also looking out at the valley. Suddenly another pair of fast [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 6th May 2021 Panel: Robert Jenrick (Conservative) Thangham Debbonaire (Labour) Hugh Osmond (Businessman) Deborah Frances-White (Media professional) John Bercow (Former Commons Speaker) Venue: London Dominic Lawson, Wilfred Emmanuel Jones’ agent, Gal Dem (the [more…]
Arts
Memories of Japan, Centre Point to Osaka
In 1985 I worked for Mitsubishi Electric and that gave me the privilege of visiting Japan three times and getting to know something of the Japanese working and business psyche. It introduced me to Japanese [more…]