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War Crimes Chapter 11 – Angela’s Story

7th June 2020 Blown Periphery 4376 Comments

War Crimes Chapter 11 Angela Keeble knew that she had made a mistake as soon as she said yes, but like most things in her life, she reasoned that she could manage the situation. At [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Forty Three

7th June 2020 Going Postal 3161 Comments

Monday Wow it’s Monday again, they seem to come around more and more quickly. I popped out for a pee before Breakfast, you know I hate the smelly litter tray, and it is pleasantly warm, [more…]

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The Swaling, Part Seven

6th June 2020 Always Worth Saying 3615 Comments

Myself, Tai Tai and Lotus are sat on the unfolded Fortnum and Mason boxes on the attic floor at 28 Dumfries Street, Kovan, Singapore, the property that we rent for a pittance from the missing [more…]

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Attila The Hun’s Trousers

5th June 2020 bobo 2905 Comments

Attila the Hun burst, ferociously and irrevocably, into Western European consciousness in 451AD. Following the route that would be taken by German armies in 1914 and 1940 he led his forces along the banks of [more…]

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The Great Escape, Part One

5th June 2020 Going Postal 2466 Comments

Facts: Have been not reading the comments on here for some time; ignored the MSM (for facts) for longer. Have a house in England and, thanks to a modest inheritance from my wife’s uncle, we [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

5th June 2020 Always Worth Saying 2388 Comments

Question Time 4th June 2020 Panel: Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) David Lammy (Labour) Donna Kinnair (Royal College of Nursing) Hugh Pennington (Microbiologist) Venue: Southampton Medical school tutor to Professor Van-Tan, the patient zero who gave Steven [more…]

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Book Review: Kick by Paula Byrne

3rd June 2020 Going Postal 4110 Comments

The subtitle of this book is ‘the true story of Kick Kennedy, JFK’s forgotten sister, and the heir to Chatsworth’, although personally I think the title ‘forgotten sister’ might be more accurately applied to JFK’s [more…]

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Joe Malone, Part Sixty-Four

2nd June 2020 Going Postal 3724 Comments

Lady Vanessa stepped through the metal detector. Lord Bixby followed and passed freely through the metal detector. The security guard signalled for me to go through next. As expected, as I stepped forward the bleep [more…]

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War Crimes Chapter 10 – On the Edge, Stepping Out Into the Cold

31st May 2020 Blown Periphery 3255 Comments

War Crimes Chapter 10 On an evening in October 1998, a C130 Hercules of RAF No 47 Squadron, Special Forces Flight, took off from RAF Leuchars, north of St Andrews in Fife. To the residents [more…]

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