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20th Century

In The Steps of The First Army, Part Six

7th May 2024 Going Postal 0

“In the sixth of his articles John Alldridge writes of Bizerta, where a song was born, an Army vindicated itself, and a gigantic building plan went awry.” – Manchester Evening News, November 22 1949 Bizerta, [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Thirty-Three

5th May 2024 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning readers and hello from your favourite cat reporter. My feeder was a little late this morning, apparently there was a problem on her Tube line. Anyway, to make up for being late [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

3rd May 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 2nd May 2024 The Panel: Bim Afolami (Conservative) Peter Kyle (Labour) Kirsty Blackman (SNP) Joseph Stiglitz (Nobel Prize-winning Economist) Anita Boateng (Former Conservative advisor) Venue: Cambridge The great thing about having your own [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story- Book Six, Chapter Twenty-Eight

2nd May 2024 Going Postal 0

On Wednesday Jinnie dropped the twins at school before heading to Potters Bar station to pick up the train to Finsbury Park and then the Tube to Brixton. There was an icy drizzle in the [more…]

Cooking

A View From (Quite Near To) The Greenhouse; All Change, For More Of The Same

30th April 2024 Colin Cross 0

I may have mentioned, last time around, that the sheep are returned from their winter sojourn on the hills surrounding Patterdale and Glenridding. As yet we have only hogget in the back field, so the [more…]

20th Century

In The Steps of The First Army, Part Five

30th April 2024 Going Postal 0

“In the fifth of his articles John Alldridge writes of the holy city of Kairouan. It was here that the First Army and the Eighth Army, all the way from El Alamein, finally linked up.” [more…]

Arts

Totally NOT Star Wars, No sirree : Starcrash – The Movie…….

29th April 2024 Going Postal 0

It’s the late 1970s, and just hitting the big screen is a space opera in which a lightsabre-wielding smuggler embarks on a royal rescue mission, a talking droid sidekick provides comic relief, and a classically [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Thirty-Two

28th April 2024 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning readers and welcome to another week of my ramblings. And it is another horrible wet morning, quite a change from what was a lovely weekend. I did hope that spring had arrived. [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

26th April 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 24th April 2024 The Panel: Chris Philp (Conservative) Wes Streeting (Labour) Munira Wilson (LibDem) Victor Adebowale (NHS Confederation) Charles Moore (Columnist) Venue: Tottenham Wesley Paul William Streeting appears on QT and other broadcast [more…]

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