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A View From (The Shed By) The Greenhouse; The Great Betrayal(s)

27th May 2025 Colin Cross 1760 Comments

My loyal reader may remember an article I published, funnily enough, in May 2022 when I wrote about my encounter with a fellow in Bath and my resultant (and still current) flirtation with herbalism. I [more…]

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We are running out of bread and circuses

20th March 2025 Rookwood 1872 Comments

It takes a lot to keep a population anaesthetised. Anaesthesia, as medical Puffins will attest, is a very tricky and demanding mistress. A dash too much potion here, or an insufficient soupçon of elixir there, [more…]

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A View From (Above) The Greenhouse; An Open Letter….

18th March 2025 Colin Cross 2052 Comments

Before we get into the progress (or otherwise) happening at the small oasis of calm and solitude that is the old greenhouse and the recently constructed raised beds, how about a little “who used which [more…]

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Mr Zelenskyy goes to Washington

10th March 2025 Going Postal 2839 Comments

On October 17, 1939, Frank Capra’s  film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington premiered, becoming a landmark in American cinema. Starring James Stewart as the sincere and unassuming Jefferson Smith, this political drama explores the conflict between [more…]

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A View (Some Miles Away) From The Greenhouse; The Art Of Diplomacy….Innit?

4th March 2025 Colin Cross 2561 Comments

I’m sure that by now we’ve all seen at least the ten minute clip of the White House “spat” and I know I’m far from alone, at least in the august company of Going Postal [more…]

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Moribund?

27th February 2025 NeverUpToTheJob 2837 Comments

A picture that tells you all you need to know about Europe (aka The EU). The gravy train is a very small club, and you ain’t in it. The proles can eat cake, and can [more…]

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Unhinged

20th February 2025 well_chuffed 2559 Comments

With the news that the USA and Russia are negotiating over Ukraine in Saudi Arabia without the participation of either the Europeans or the Ukrainians can we hope the killing will soon stop. I believe [more…]

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A View From (Quite Close To) The Greenhouse; It’s All A Conspiracy…..Innit?

26th November 2024 Colin Cross 2351 Comments

Winter arrives in the Northern backwaters, with a short lived but fierce reminder that the weather, when it chooses, can be the boss of us all. Cue, then, the assorted fanatics, grifters, bought and paid [more…]

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The illusion of choice: Democracy as the greatest show on earth

3rd October 2024 Going Postal 2318 Comments

Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has it been taken for anything else. Hans-Hermann Hoppe As individual citizens, as voters and taxpayers we have been so deeply, so [more…]

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