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The Swaling, Part Five

23rd May 2020 Always Worth Saying 3251 Comments

Singa Pura, the Lion City where two oceans meet. Where founder of the colony, Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (Fellow of the Royal Society), stands immortalised in stone at Boat Quay. From there he gazes [more…]

Reggie’s Mind of Evil, Going Postal
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Postcard from Gibraltar

22nd May 2020 Going Postal 4246 Comments

In early December 2017 Mrs Reggie and I fancied a short trip away to a warmer climate.  For as long as I can remember I’ve had a desire to visit as many British Overseas Territories [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

22nd May 2020 Always Worth Saying 4796 Comments

Question Time 21st May 2020 Panel: Chris Philp (Conservative) Andy Burnham (Labour Mayor of Manchester) Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Politician) Camilla Tominey (Journalist) James Graham (Playwright) Venue: London Founder of the British Medical Association, architect of St [more…]

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Monsters

21st May 2020 Lugosi 2335 Comments

In the 1982 I was lucky enough to be sent to Japan on business. On the 35th floor of an Osaka skyscraper they was a loud bang and the building was definitely swaying. My natural [more…]

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Joe Malone, Part Sixty-Two

19th May 2020 Going Postal 3754 Comments

Ch 62 – The Castle of the Eagles. Traffic was light. Vanessa guided the Mercedes, with considerable skill, around the heavy goods vehicles, and the few other private cars on the road. Timing her overtaking [more…]

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War Crimes Chapter 8 – Love and Death in the Balkans

17th May 2020 Blown Periphery 4633 Comments

War Crimes Chapter 8 The life could have been idyllic except for Jozica Marić and her irritating ability to get under Edge’s skin. Whenever she was around, cropping up at the other dig sites or [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Thirty Nine

17th May 2020 Going Postal 2199 Comments

Monday Morning Readers, another bright and sunny morning here in Westminster, so I’ll be on my favourite windowsill later. I can sleep there with an eye open to observe the comings and goings at No [more…]

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Signs and Pottering; Rough Gardening During A Pandemic

17th May 2020 Colin Cross 2402 Comments

For what seems like weeks now I’ve been describing, in laconic detail, just how tough it is keeping a 600 (or so) square foot greenhouse in an adequate enough state of repair to do its [more…]

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The Swaling, Part Four

16th May 2020 Always Worth Saying 3091 Comments

“To cut a long story short, Squadron Leader, we’re missing a chap. Looked him up in the London Gazette, to no avail. I could ask at the office, I’m at the Singapore Consultancy you know. [more…]

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