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An Old Man’s Musings, Part Eighteen

23rd February 2025 Going Postal 0

Fucking hell. I have just watched George Galloway’s latest speech. I have always liked his oratory and this surpasses anything I have heard in years. I love the man. And I believe he speaks for [more…]

Animals

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

23rd February 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, people. Surprise, surprise, it’s damp and gloomy once again in Downing Street, and that’s not only outside Number 10. Inside, we have a wet, rather than damp, PM, and he is very [more…]

20th Century

It’s Not 1939, It’s 1950

22nd February 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

It’s 1939 all over again! Or is it? Perhaps it’s 1950. A date we can be certain of is 2014 when, as Kiev tipped towards the EU and NATO, Moscow-backed Russian separatists prised parts of [more…]

Fiction

A Price Too High, Chapter Eleven

22nd February 2025 Going Postal 0

Sally was up as normal on Monday morning, Dave said he would be Ubering. When she was at her desk, she made a call, when finished, she went off to see her boss, “I have [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

21st February 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time Ukraine Special, 20th February 2025 The Panel: General Sir Nicholas Carter (Former Chief of Defence Staff) Lesia Vasylenko (Ukrainian MP) Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Sir Ben Wallace (Conservative) Jan Halper-Hayes (Trump Advisor) Venue: London, [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Book Seven – Chapter Thirty-Four

20th February 2025 Going Postal 0

Jinnie turned the solicitor’s letter over several times, reading the address and the solicitor’s name over and over, time and again, before a voice in her head said, ‘Open it then.’ Looking down, Larry was [more…]

Book Review

Book Review: “Politics on the Edge” by Rory Stewart

19th February 2025 Going Postal 0

Like many on this blog, I’ve been in awe of AWS in his watching and reporting of Question Time each week so that we didn’t have to, and Powers’ indefatigable commentary each morning of GMB, [more…]

21st Century

A View From The Greenhouse; Reflections

18th February 2025 Colin Cross 0

As expected (once DJT got his feet back under the table), it became more than a possibility that the war in Ukraine could be brought to a conclusion of sorts. It may not bring the [more…]

Literature

The Green Children of Woolpit

18th February 2025 Going Postal 0

Between Bury St Edmonds and Stowmarket in Suffolk lies the small village of Woolpit, named after the ‘wolf pits’ (or traps) which once were said to exist there. These traps took the form of rectangular [more…]

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