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The Swaling, Part Fifty Five

15th May 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

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…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Seventeen

14th May 2021 Going Postal 0

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…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

14th May 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

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 0

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…]

Biography

Sailing my life away, part 14

11th May 2021 Ancient Mariner 0

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 0

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 0

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

9th May 2021 1642again 0

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

8th May 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

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…]

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