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An Old Man’s Musings Part Twenty-Six

4th May 2025 Going Postal 0

The Seekers were my favourite group and, playing a video of ‘The Carnival is Over’ the other day, I read the whole of the introduction which was as follows: ‘The Seekers, bathed in the warm [more…]

Animals

Larry’s diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy Nine

4th May 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning on this Bank Holiday Monday. It is nice and quiet here in Number Ten with only a small crew on. The girl who was on feeding duty this morning was not very [more…]

Christianity

An Appreciation Of The Papacy of Francis I

3rd May 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Might every age get the Pope it deserves? If so, then what of the Age of Francis I? Jorge Mario Bergoglio, once Archbishop of Buenos Aires and the latest Bishop of Rome, died on Easter [more…]

Fiction

The Past is Present, Chapter Four

3rd May 2025 Going Postal 0

The Range Rover was ready for them, Dave put the holdall with the weapons in the boot, Sally’s heart was thumping. They set off driving through the Saturday night traffic, as they drove east, the [more…]

Jinnie
Arts

Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Nine

1st May 2025 Going Postal 0

The last full day of the cruise was a sea day as the ship chugged the 150 miles from Martinique to Barbados very slowly. The twins spent the morning by the pool with everyone else, [more…]

20th Century

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…]

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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…]

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