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Shipshape or All at Sea?

7th March 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

Last Saturday’s article, I See No Ships, proved to be prescient as, while the ink dried on the 28th February piece, Israel and America began their attack on Iran. In retaliation, drone and missile attacks [more…]

America

Epstein……Behind the Curtain (Part 2)

3rd March 2026 Going Postal 0

When President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November 19, 2025, and the Department of Justice subsequently disgorged approximately 3.5 million pages of documents, 180,000 images, and 2,000 videos distributed across twelve separate [more…]

21st Century

I See No Ships?

28th February 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

The quote ‘I see no ships’ is attributed to Admiral John Jervis during the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797. Before giving Johnny Spaniard a black eye off the Algarve, legend has it that, [more…]

20th Century

Letters from an Arbeitsmaid – Part Two

24th February 2026 Going Postal 0

In Part 1, I described how in late 1943 and early 1944, Hildegard Uhl had written to her friend Eva Möller, the recipient of Feldpost from the Afrika Korps soldier Hans Coutandin of “Desert Mystery: [more…]

America

Epstein……Behind the Curtain (Part 1)

24th February 2026 Going Postal 0

Everybody wants to talk about the island — the private jet with its logbook of the damned, the underage girls ferried like cargo between Caribbean shorelines and Manhattan penthouses, the hidden cameras and mahogany-doored rituals [more…]

20th Century

Letters from an Arbeitsmaid – Part One

17th February 2026 Going Postal 0

My series of articles Desert Mystery: Letters from a Feldgrau, was based upon the translation of FeldPost letters in my collection that Hans Coutandin, a soldier in the Deutsches Afrika Korps, had sent to Eva [more…]

European Union

J’Accuse…! Aujourd’hui

20th January 2026 Going Postal 0

 “My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul. Let them dare, then, to bring me before a court of law and let the enquiry take place in broad daylight! I am waiting.” [more…]

Politics

Where is Vuvuzela Again?

13th January 2026 Going Postal 0

I had barely heard of Venezuela, sum total of facts known were..  it was in South America, it had a dictator who maybe rigged the last election to remain President and looked a bit like [more…]

America

The Donroe Doctrine

8th January 2026 well_chuffed 0

This is the name given to the latest burst of US Foreign Policy as espoused by Donald Trump. So far it has resulted in a raid on Venezuela to kidnap Nicholas Maduro and his wife. [more…]

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