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Book Review: Soldaten, ‘On fighting, killing and dying’

30th April 2025 Going Postal 0

This book, originally published in 2012, is based on the discovery of transcripts of covert surveillance of German prisoners of war in WW2, found initially in archives in Great Britain and latterly in archives in [more…]

Diary

A View (Of The Church) From The Road Near The Greenhouse; Further Reflections

29th April 2025 Colin Cross 0

For Christians, Easter is a time for both reflection and thanksgiving. The little church in the village where I live has a small but enthusiastic (if ageing) congregation. I know many of them to talk [more…]

Book Review

Book review: The Wager, by David Grann

28th April 2025 Going Postal 0

Every so often, a book comes along which just knocks your socks off. You want to recommend it to everybody and buy it for all your friends. This is one of those! The Wager is [more…]

Literature

An Old Man’s Musings Part Twenty-Five

27th April 2025 Going Postal 0

I only have experience of GP and Fatty’s site so I have no way of comparing the style or content of blogs in general but I am willing to bet that GP cannot be beaten [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred and Seventy Eight

27th April 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, and it looks like today could be the last day of decent weather, with rain forecast for tomorrow morning. I was not surprised to see that Parliament was busy on Saturday, but [more…]

Arts

Escape Of The Ransomed Princess

26th April 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

You’ll have to take this with a sprinkling of salt — or several fistfuls if you’re the sort who needs receipts for everything. To be frank, I don’t much care if you believe me or [more…]

Fiction

The Past is Present, Chapter Three

26th April 2025 Going Postal 0

Upstairs in the Prime Minister’s private office he turned his computer monitor so Dave could read the message. ‘We have Jane Goodley the head of MI5 here. Unless you do what we want, she will [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Eight

24th April 2025 Going Postal 0

Izzy recovered from her surprise at the proposal of marriage very quickly, and replied, “Yes, of course.” The rest of the table burst into cheers, which quickly turned to applause, and the surrounding tables, seeing [more…]

Book Review

Book review: The Blue House, by Nigel Parsons

21st April 2025 Going Postal 0

This is the second book by this author to be reviewed on GP – you can find my review of his previous novel, Three Lives (linky). Written with both heart and head, The Blue House [more…]

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