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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

23rd May 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 22nd May 2025 The Panel: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Kieran Mullan (Conservative) Zanny Minton Beddoes (Editor of The Economist) Hashi Mohamed (Barrister and journalist) Inaya Folarin Iman (Journalist) Venue: Dulwich Last time Question Time [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Twelve

22nd May 2025 Going Postal 0

Today Jinnie was finally going to go with George to shoot on the Police range at Hendon. It had taken a while to organise. This was mainly because the Police had taken ages to establish [more…]

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Book Review: Concorde by Mike Bannister

19th May 2025 Going Postal 0

Introduction In response to Swiss Bob’s lack of articles, I have dashed this out, instead of a fuller version I had planned.  In short, I heartily recommend Mike Bannister’s book ‘Concorde’, which I listened to [more…]

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An Old Man’s Musings Part Twenty-Eight

18th May 2025 Going Postal 0

Took the car to the garage this morning. There is a Gregg’s restaurant (first one I have seen) nearby so had an indulgent breakfast of sausage roll and a bacon roll and coffee. I drink [more…]

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

18th May 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, happy readers, from a sunny but chilly early morning London, where I am happy to see Liebore has learnt nothing from last week’s election, and its representatives on the Sunday morning political [more…]

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The Past is Present, Chapter Six

17th May 2025 Going Postal 0

Breakfast the next morning was in the hotel dining room. Jane was looking better, she sat at a table with Alison. Dave, Sally and the guard from outside the door sat at the next table. [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

16th May 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 15th May 2025 The Panel: Peter Kyle (Labour) Nigel Huddleston (Conservative) Alex Depledge (Tech entrepreneur) Sonia Sodha (Columnist and broadcaster) Venue: Aldershot Controversy broke out after last week’s edition of Question Time. During [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Eleven

15th May 2025 Going Postal 0

Jinnie stepped off the Virgin flight to Montreal, passed through immigration, and headed for the WestJet internal connection to Ottawa. Travel had told Jinnie that Virgin had just launched a new service to Montreal and [more…]

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Book Review: The Wrong Hands by Mark Billingham

14th May 2025 Going Postal 0

Following on from the first book in the series (The Last Dance), The Wrong Hands picks up the story of Detective Sergeant Declan Miller, the flippant and somewhat unorthodox individual. The story kicks off with [more…]

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