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Book Review: An Immigrant’s Love Letter to the West, by Konstantin Kisin

4th June 2025 Going Postal 0

When you live in a country, it is all to easy to see all its faults and shortcomings in horribly clear HD, and much of the national conversation can revolve round these points – what [more…]

Cycling

West Country Rides, Two

3rd June 2025 Joe Slater 0

It takes a week to cycle from Penzance to Berwick. It took me 40 years. Because on the way, I wanted to include every town in England, in what amounted to some two years of [more…]

Literature

An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty

1st June 2025 Going Postal 0

While waiting in the shoe shop for Mrs GG I was thinking about Starmer – not only the worst PM in history but one who has collected a great many nicknames; Tool Spanner Sir Kweer [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Three

1st June 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning my happy readers. I understand that Legohead has invited EU leaders to come here today to hear him announce his ‘EU Reset’ later today. I really can’t understand what Legohead thinks he [more…]

Human Interest

Recent Incendiary Allegations – An Explanation

31st May 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

They say that lightning doesn’t strike twice. They are wrong. And if it scorches a doorway or two and sets one of my old cars alight, then so be it — some things are meant [more…]

Fiction

The Past is Present, Chapter Eight

31st May 2025 Going Postal 0

At 08:30, they were both sitting in the office, Sally showed Dave the report she had typed. “Some of it doesn’t make sense, other parts are round the wrong way, they spent an hour going [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

30th May 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 29th May 2025 The Panel: Heidi Alexander (Labour) David Simmonds (Conservative) Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat) Ava-Santina Evans (Politics Joe) Tim Montgomerie (Journalist and commentator) Venue: Cheltenham Introduced as a journalist and commentator, Tim [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Thirteen

29th May 2025 Going Postal 0

The meeting planning the press release broke up once the story to be told was agreed, and Alan’s press officer was tasked with producing the approved version to be released to the press. Alan was [more…]

Diary

A View From (The Shed By) The Greenhouse; The Great Betrayal(s)

27th May 2025 Colin Cross 0

My loyal reader may remember an article I published, funnily enough, in May 2022 when I wrote about my encounter with a fellow in Bath and my resultant (and still current) flirtation with herbalism. I [more…]

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