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Holiday

Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part Two

29th January 2025 Going Postal 0

Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve) – St Kitts Breakfast today was in the MDR as my excursion wasn’t due to leave until 09:30 I was in no hurry. Once again it was a sharing table [more…]

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Yorkshire Coalfield

28th January 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 Fourteen

26th January 2025 Going Postal 0

First of all a thank you to all those kind Puffins who have expressed appreciation for my scribblings. I do not comment, I am not on Twatter and for some reason I cannot open the [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Five

26th January 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday It is quite pleasant here in London this morning, no frost for the first time in ages, and some sunny periods. I heard Lee Anderson on the radio this morning. I think it was [more…]

Fiction

A Price Too High, Chapter Seven

25th January 2025 Going Postal 0

It was 22:30 when he set off for home, it would be another three hours until he was in his bed. He sent a message to Sally saying how late he would be, she replied [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

24th January 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 23rd January 2025 The Panel: Lucy Powell (Labour) David Davis (Conservative) Matthew Parris (Columnist) Dale Vince (Green Energy Entrepreneur) Venue: Stockport Lucy Powell was on QT only a few weeks ago. Despite a [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Book Seven – Chapter Thirty

23rd January 2025 Going Postal 0

Jinnie had been busier at the weekend than she had anticipated. Knowing she was going to be away from Monday, and not really knowing for how long, she had tried to spend as much time [more…]

Holiday

Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part One

22nd January 2025 Going Postal 0

Friday 20th December – Home to Barbados My alarm woke me at five, and I got up immediately—no lie-in, as I would probably go back to sleep, and that could be a disaster. Shave, shower, [more…]

Culture

(Not) A View From The Greenhouse; After The Goldrush. The End

21st January 2025 Colin Cross 0

I recently had the pleasure of visiting a hospital. Not an A&E, thankfully, but a famous hospital in the North West of England where I attended for a “pre-op” appointment. It’s an indictment, albeit a [more…]

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