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Kenya Is Not Asleep Anymore

31st July 2024 Going Postal 3750 Comments

Weeks of anti-government demonstrations demand an end to bad governance, corruption and for President Ruto to step down. 24 July 2024 Nairobi, Kenya – Daniel Wambua did not flinch, even as police fired tear gas [more…]

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Europe’s Agrarian Uprisings: Brussels is reaping what it sowed

5th February 2024 Going Postal 2829 Comments

Across the European landscape, a disquiet rumbles beneath the surface of rolling hills and fertile plains. It emanates from the very backbone of the continent – its farmers. From the tractor rallies of France and [more…]

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An Appointment at Noon

27th January 2024 Novak and Goode 2371 Comments

The Medical Officer and the young lieutenant inspected the work of the firing party; “She’s still alive, the volley has failed to kill her said the MO,” the young lieutenant looked down at the sagging [more…]

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A View (Miles Away) From The Greenhouse; 1,000 Cuts, The Destruction Of A Nation

23rd January 2024 Colin Cross 2303 Comments

Took a little ride out with the camera club up to Ashness Bridge and then walked up to “Surprise View” where I came across this handsome fellow taking a (probably) well earned break from his [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse (ish); The Rise of The Islamist “Talking Head”

19th December 2023 Colin Cross 2151 Comments

Firstly Postaliers, allow me to apologise for not supplying the usual bi-weekly fix of ramblings and inanities on the 5th of December. Life got in the way a bit, but I’m back (for the foreseeable), [more…]

21st Century

Colonialist Le Grand Fromage, Part Two

20th September 2023 Always Worth Saying 2795 Comments

Syria Saudi Arabia prepared its forces to launch against Damascus, while compliant UK Lame Stream prepared the media ground. Coordination of forces had been prepared in Jordan during Eager Lion 2012, UN the statutory septic [more…]

Authoritarianism

A View From (Somewhere In The Area Of) The Greenhouse; We’re All “Far Right” Now….Innit?

29th August 2023 Colin Cross 2236 Comments

Life carries on apace and, as things start to slow down a little in the greenhouse I find myself having time to venture out into the countryside, along with my camera, and visit the odd [more…]

13th Century

Magna Carta – Did She Die in Vain?

17th August 2023 Going Postal 2477 Comments

Translation of the full text of the original 1215 edition of Magna Carta from Latin into modern day English. Which clauses were later omitted and which are still valid today? Notes on the English translation [more…]

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A View From (Almost Opposite) The Greenhouse; Will A Tide Turn?

1st August 2023 Colin Cross 2350 Comments

The weather continues to perplex and frustrate in equal measure. Just over a month ago I was writing about the greenhouse being unbearable to work in, past noon, as temperatures climbed into the low hundreds [more…]

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